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Heskett, Jonathan D. "The potential scope for use of private military companies in military operations : an historical and economical analysis /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2005. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/05Dec%5FHeskett.pdf.

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Thesis (Master of Business Administration)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2005.
Thesis Advisor(s): David R. Henderson, Brad Naegle. Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-66). Also available online.

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Harari, Yuval Noah. "Renaissance military memoirs : war, history, and identity, 1450-1600 /." Woodbridge : Boydell Press, 2004. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb392083492.

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Texte remanié de: Th. Ph. D.--Oxford--Jesus College, 2002. Titre de soutenance : History and I : war and the relations between history and personal identity in Renaissance military memoirs, c. 1450-1600.
Bibliogr. p. 205-218. Index.

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Herbert, Paul H. "Toward the best available thought : the writing of Field Manual 100-5, Operations by the United States Army, 1973-1976 /." The Ohio State University, 1985. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487261919111102.

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Rankin, Deana Margaret. "The art of war : military writing in Ireland in the mid seventeenth century." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1999. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:bd3cb104-bc7a-49b1-981c-d3fbecb3819e.

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'The Art of War' studies the transition of the soldier from fighter to settler as it is reflected in the texts he produces. Drawing on texts written by soldiers, in English, between c. 1624 and 1685, it focuses on representations of events in Ireland from 1641-1655, that is to say, during the Catholic Confederation and the Cromwellian campaigns and settlement. The focus and methodology of the thesis seek to restore a more literary reading of seventeenth century texts from, and about, Ireland to the current vibrant historical debate on the period. It argues that the writings of the Old Irish, Old English, New English, and Cromwellian soldiers in Ireland draw on a variety of literary influences – the traces of Guicciardini and Machiavelli, Sidney and Spenser are clear. It also charts shifts in the genres of military writing from professional handbooks, to documents of civil policy, to romance, poetry, and the theatre. In doing so, it addresses the literary tools which the soldier-writer uses to define the self within a complex network of political, national, religious, and personal allegiances. The thesis is divided into three parts. The first, chapter one, explores the trafficking of military images between military handbook and literary text. It pays particular attention to Ireland as a borderland for the European Wars and the English colonial enterprise. The second part, comprising three chapters, examines three different perspectives on the Irish Wars. The first, that of the Old English writer Richard Sellings; the second, that of the anonymous Aphorismical Discovery; the third begins with a view of the 'Irish enemy' from England, as it is constructed and enforced in the pamphlet literature of the Civil War period, and ends with the perspective of Richard Lawrence, a Cromwellian soldier-turned-settler in the early 1680s. The third part, the fifth and final chapter, explores the controversies surrounding recent Irish history as they are played out in the wake of the Exclusion Crisis. This is followed by a brief conclusion.

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Barley, N. D. "The battlefield role of the Classical Greek general." Thesis, Swansea University, 2012. https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43080.

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Modern studies of Classical Greek battle devote little attention to the role and importance of the general in achieving battlefield success. As a result of this the general is reduced to a simple leader of men whose only influential decision was where and when to fight, and whose major role was to provide inspiration by fighting in the front ranks. A modern conception of Hellenic fair play in warfare has further limited the importance of the general to Greek armies: apparently advanced manoeuvring and tactics were deliberately rejected in favour of a simple and direct test of strength and morale. I do not believe this to be the case, and in this study I demonstrate the importance of the general to Greek armies by offering a new analysis of his role in hoplite battle.

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Murray, Nicholas Adam Alexander. "The theory and practice of field fortification from 1877-1914." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.670164.

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Holliday, Cyrus E. "Threat assessment in the new world order." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/30294.

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Alphin, Judson Wayne. "The early military thought of Winston S. Churchill." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:be81c453-5166-4e6a-b4ce-c443706e2dd9.

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Winston S. Churchill was a war leader during two world wars, and yet there are few substantive studies of his younger years when he was a practising soldier. This thesis aims to study the early intellectual development of Churchill in those areas which have direct impact on the art of war. The chapters are arranged narratively (Chapters 2-3) and thematically (Chapters 4-8). The introduction covers the scope and methodology of the work. Chapters 2-3 give an account of Churchill's early years, and trace the development of several prominent features of his character that helped form and inform the presuppositions of his later military intellectual development. Chapter 4 addresses Churchill's interactions with late Victorian cavalry doctrine and debate. Chapters 5-7 each address themes of an expanding scope of influence and conceptualization: first, the tactics of war; second, the policy and strategy of war; and finally, Churchill's conceptions of war. The conclusion summarizes the hallmarks and syntheses of Churchill's early military intellectual development, and identifies judgments which can be drawn about his perspicacity as soldier and commander.

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Lewis, Marion J. "Security sector reform and the Serbia conundrum are SSR efforts bringing Serbia closer to European Union and North Atlantic Treaty Organization Integration?" Thesis, Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/9988.

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The NATO intervention in the wars in the former Yugoslavia from 1991 to 1999 illustrated the importance of South Eastern Europe to Atlantic security. In 2005, certain of the southern Slav nations have gained NATO and EU membership, as in the case of Slovenia, or have drawn ever closer to qualifying for membership, as in the case of Croatia and Bulgaria. However, Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina have proved more difficult to draw into the European fold due to the lingering effects of the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo. This thesis explores Serbia's ongoing attempts to integrate into EU and NATO structures. It begins with the background of the situation in Serbia of 2005 with a focus on the historical leadership, management, and missions of the security sector. It then examines the development and objectives of the security sector reform agenda and the challenges facing its practitioners. Additionally, this thesis analyses the impact of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, Kosovo final status disposition, and the chaotic domestic political situation on Serbian reform efforts. This thesis argues that, as a result of political and social circumstances unique to Serbia as well as the institutional shortcomings of the West as concerns comprehensive democratic reform of power and arms, the ongoing SSR efforts in Serbia will take several years to come to fruition.

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Flynn, Jeremy Paul. "A consideration of the nature, methods and practices of fifteenth-century European warfare with particular reference to the Wars of the Roses." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683280.

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Davison, Camon. "West Point of the West: A History of the Department of Military Science at Utah State University." DigitalCommons@USU, 2016. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/5032.

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The Department of the Military Science at Utah State University was created in 1898 and is the oldest department at USU. Until the mid-1950s it was mandatory that all male students be enrolled in Military training at the school and, if they so decided, would finish up the last two years of military training to become officers in the United States Military. This program is known as ROTC. Fully implemented at USU in 1916 the ROTC program continued to grow and would help fund the growth of campus during the 1920’s and 30’s. Following World War II the program became the largest ROTC unit in the nation and was nicknamed “West Point of the West”. The school produced more officers than any other college besides the Military Academy at West Point. The documentary film that I made follows the history of Utah State University from its founding in 1888 to the modern day research University of today. Using interviews of past and current ROTC cadets as well as the experts on the history of USU and ROTC, the film weaves the history of the expansion of the USU campus and the role that the Army ROTC unit had in the school’s development. Much of my research was done in special collections at the USU library where many of the photos for the film were found. Some of my research took me to the National Archives and the Library of Congress which proved to be invaluable when finding early military photos and documents. A total budget cost of USD$10,000 was spent on camera gear, travel expenses, drone footage, and digital storage solutions. The film was fully funded, written, shot, edited, and finished by myself and took 1 ½ years to make from start to finish. The end result is a 53-minute documentary delivered on a Blu Ray disk, the film is also accessible to the public via online streaming.

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Wasinski, Christophe. "La représentation de Soi et de l'Autre dans la pensée stratégique: une analyse de la culture stratégique occidentale." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/210952.

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Recherche sur l'existence d'une culture stratégique typiquement occidentale, européenne et américaine, culture qui trouverait l'un de ses fondements dans les représentations des combattants dans la pensée stratégique depuis la Renaissance
Doctorat en sciences politiques
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Abel, Jonathan 1985. "Jacques-Antoine-Hippolyte, Comte De Guibert: Father of the Grande Armée." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2014. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc700071/.

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Jacques-Antoine-Hippolyte, comte de Guibert (1743-1790) dedicated his life and career to creating a new doctrine for the French army. Little about this doctrine was revolutionary. Indeed, Guibert openly decried the anarchy of popular participation in government and looked askance at the early days of the Revolution. Rather, Guibert’s doctrine marked the culmination of an evolutionary process that commenced decades before his time and reached fruition in the Réglement of 1791, which remained in force until the 1830s. Not content with military reform, Guibert demanded a political and social constitution to match. His reforms required these changes, demanding a disciplined, service-oriented society and a functional, rational government to assist his reformed military. He delved deeply, like no other contemporary writer, into the linkages between society, politics, and the military throughout his career and his writings. Guibert exerted an overwhelming influence on military thought across Europe for the next fifty years. His military theories provided the foundation for military reform during the twilight of the Old Regime. The Revolution, which adopted most of Guibert’s doctrine in 1791, continued his work. A new army and way of war based on Guibert’s reforms emerged to defeat France’s major enemies. In Napoleon’s hands, Guibert’s army all but conquered Europe by 1807. As other nations adopted French methods, Guibert’s influence spread across the Continent, reigning supreme until the 1830s. This dissertation adopts a biographical approach to examine Guibert’s life and influence on the creation of the French military system that led to Napoleon’s conquest of Europe. As no such biography exists in Anglophone literature, such a work will fill a crucial gap in understanding French military success to 1807. It examines the period of French military reform from 1760 to the creation and use of Napoleon’s Grande Armée from 1803 to 1807, illustrating the importance of Guibert’s systemic doctrine in the period. Moreover, the work argues that Guibert belongs in the ranks of authors whose works exerted a primary influence on the French Enlightenment and Revolution by establishing Guibert as a “Great Man” of the Republic of Letters between 1770 and his death in 1790.

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Entraygues, Olivier. "Comprendre la guerre, J.F.C. Fuller." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Paris 4, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012PA040054.

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La thèse est une étude analytique de la pensée du Major-general J-F-C Fuller au travers l’ensemble de ses écrits. Elle s’articule en cinq parties principales, chacune d’entre elles étant divisée en 4 chapitres. Pour aborder l’étude Comprendre la guerre, JFC Fuller : une approche évolutionniste, il était fondamental de commencer par présenter l’homme dans toute son épaisseur et sous toutes ses facettes. Cette première partie,biographique, permet de répondre à la question : Qui est le Major-general JFC Fuller ? Elle conduit ainsi à découvrir ce que représente le cadre civilisationnel de l’homme, un citoyen qui évolue dans un jardin anglais,un ilien. Le personnage « Fuller » doit ensuite être compris dans ses trois dimensions c’est-à-dire au travers dela carrière d’un soldat de métier, un officier, puis à l’aide du prisme de ses idées politiques et enfin par les écrits d’un penseur prolixe. La seconde partie se concentre sur la matrice intellectuelle du jeune officier. Il s’agit de rechercher la filiation de la pensée et des premiers évènements qui vont profondément influencer sa vie. Sa participation à la seconde guerre des Boërs puis son affectation dans une garnison des Indesbritanniques sont deux jalons fondateurs de cette matrice. Á partir de 1907, le retour du capitaine Fuller enAngleterre marque le début de son goût pour l’écriture. La troisième partie cherche à montrer quelles sont les véritables caractéristiques d’une pensée novatrice. Confronté à l’impasse tactique des années 1915 et 1916, Fuller pose le problème- comment retrouver la mobilité opérative ?- et découvre le tank. Sa réflexion devient le germe des idées nouvelles qui permettent au chef des opérations du Tank Corps de planifier, de préparer puis de conduire le 20 novembre 1917, la bataille de Cambrai
Each part equally divided into 4 chapters. To start with this study it was basically relevant to depict the manthroughout his different aspects. Thus the aim of the first part is to answer the question: Who is genuinely Major-generalJFC Fuller. One can discover what the British Empire framework as JFC Fuller matrix is. The man needs also to beunderstood as 3 different ways such as a British officer, his political ideas and as a prolix writer.The second part focuseson Fuller intellectual matrix. Here the goals are to find the filiations of his thoughts and his early events thatbenchmarked his life. His commitment during the Boer War and his 3 years assignment in India are 2 importantmilestones to be studied. From 1907 with his come back in England , Fuller start to write his first military essay. His firstwriting and the article Tactics of Penetration are his main stuff as Staff College Student in Camberley that are deeplyrelevant to be analysed.The third part underlines what the very true characteristics are of a new school of thought. Facingthe tactical deadlock in years 1915 and 1916, Fuller fixed the following issue: How to recover the operational mobilityback? Newly posted in the Heavy Machine Gun his discovered the tanks. His thought gradually became the core of newIdeas that allows to plan and conduct the tank attack at Cambrai on November 20th, 1917. All his studies carried on asGSO 1 of the Tank Corps lead Fuller to write the visionary Plan 1919. This paper will became the leading document forthe interwar strategical thinking for Germans and Soviets senior officers. Then The Journal of the Royal United ServiceInstitution awarded Fuller thought and wrting through The Gold Military Prize Essay for year 1919. The fourth partdepicts the never-ending ambition to implement carefully a scientific method to study War. Within the scope of his firstbook, Training Soldiers for War, one can discover the links with the French school pre-1914. An historical analysisbound to the senior officers behaviour give the floor to understand what is Generalship. An other leading subject lead tofollow Fuller evolution towards his own definition of the principles of war. Then. The Fondations of the Science of Warhis the very books to understand what is Fuller’s scientific method to analyse War.Finally, the fifth part helps to stressthe influence and relevancy of Fuller writings. British Empire crisis at the beginning of the 20’s strengthened the militaryOld school of thought that hampered the evolution pf the Army through mechanisation. Nevertheless in the USA, inFrance but mainly in Germany and in Soviet Union, Fuller name means the reception of a new way of thinking. This newthought is not opposed to Clausewitz’ one because Fuller writings are the very continuation of the former. At last, Fullerrelevancy is this of a brilliant military theorist that each officer must read. In order to summarize Fuller works and toextend his writings the author has underlined what is Military Darwinism

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Entraygues, Olivier. "Comprendre la guerre, J.F.C. Fuller." Thesis, Paris 4, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012PA040054.

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La thèse est une étude analytique de la pensée du Major-general J-F-C Fuller au travers l’ensemble de ses écrits. Elle s’articule en cinq parties principales, chacune d’entre elles étant divisée en 4 chapitres. Pour aborder l’étude Comprendre la guerre, JFC Fuller : une approche évolutionniste, il était fondamental de commencer par présenter l’homme dans toute son épaisseur et sous toutes ses facettes. Cette première partie,biographique, permet de répondre à la question : Qui est le Major-general JFC Fuller ? Elle conduit ainsi à découvrir ce que représente le cadre civilisationnel de l’homme, un citoyen qui évolue dans un jardin anglais,un ilien. Le personnage « Fuller » doit ensuite être compris dans ses trois dimensions c’est-à-dire au travers dela carrière d’un soldat de métier, un officier, puis à l’aide du prisme de ses idées politiques et enfin par les écrits d’un penseur prolixe. La seconde partie se concentre sur la matrice intellectuelle du jeune officier. Il s’agit de rechercher la filiation de la pensée et des premiers évènements qui vont profondément influencer sa vie. Sa participation à la seconde guerre des Boërs puis son affectation dans une garnison des Indesbritanniques sont deux jalons fondateurs de cette matrice. Á partir de 1907, le retour du capitaine Fuller enAngleterre marque le début de son goût pour l’écriture. La troisième partie cherche à montrer quelles sont les véritables caractéristiques d’une pensée novatrice. Confronté à l’impasse tactique des années 1915 et 1916, Fuller pose le problème- comment retrouver la mobilité opérative ?- et découvre le tank. Sa réflexion devient le germe des idées nouvelles qui permettent au chef des opérations du Tank Corps de planifier, de préparer puis de conduire le 20 novembre 1917, la bataille de Cambrai
Each part equally divided into 4 chapters. To start with this study it was basically relevant to depict the manthroughout his different aspects. Thus the aim of the first part is to answer the question: Who is genuinely Major-generalJFC Fuller. One can discover what the British Empire framework as JFC Fuller matrix is. The man needs also to beunderstood as 3 different ways such as a British officer, his political ideas and as a prolix writer.The second part focuseson Fuller intellectual matrix. Here the goals are to find the filiations of his thoughts and his early events thatbenchmarked his life. His commitment during the Boer War and his 3 years assignment in India are 2 importantmilestones to be studied. From 1907 with his come back in England , Fuller start to write his first military essay. His firstwriting and the article Tactics of Penetration are his main stuff as Staff College Student in Camberley that are deeplyrelevant to be analysed.The third part underlines what the very true characteristics are of a new school of thought. Facingthe tactical deadlock in years 1915 and 1916, Fuller fixed the following issue: How to recover the operational mobilityback? Newly posted in the Heavy Machine Gun his discovered the tanks. His thought gradually became the core of newIdeas that allows to plan and conduct the tank attack at Cambrai on November 20th, 1917. All his studies carried on asGSO 1 of the Tank Corps lead Fuller to write the visionary Plan 1919. This paper will became the leading document forthe interwar strategical thinking for Germans and Soviets senior officers. Then The Journal of the Royal United ServiceInstitution awarded Fuller thought and wrting through The Gold Military Prize Essay for year 1919. The fourth partdepicts the never-ending ambition to implement carefully a scientific method to study War. Within the scope of his firstbook, Training Soldiers for War, one can discover the links with the French school pre-1914. An historical analysisbound to the senior officers behaviour give the floor to understand what is Generalship. An other leading subject lead tofollow Fuller evolution towards his own definition of the principles of war. Then. The Fondations of the Science of Warhis the very books to understand what is Fuller’s scientific method to analyse War.Finally, the fifth part helps to stressthe influence and relevancy of Fuller writings. British Empire crisis at the beginning of the 20’s strengthened the militaryOld school of thought that hampered the evolution pf the Army through mechanisation. Nevertheless in the USA, inFrance but mainly in Germany and in Soviet Union, Fuller name means the reception of a new way of thinking. This newthought is not opposed to Clausewitz’ one because Fuller writings are the very continuation of the former. At last, Fullerrelevancy is this of a brilliant military theorist that each officer must read. In order to summarize Fuller works and toextend his writings the author has underlined what is Military Darwinism

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McQuinn, Brian. "Inside the Libyan revolution : cognitive foundations of armed struggle." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.711696.

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Grobbelaar, Paul Marais. "Die ontstaan van 'n Westerse militere tradisie aan die Kaap tot 1795." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/58364.

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Deupree, William Erik. "Innovation on a budget the development of military technology during the interwar period, 1919-1939." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2011. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/4934.

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This thesis investigates the progress of technological development during the interwar period of 1919 to 1939. The interwar period was a time of slashed military budgets and isolationist policies. However, despite political, financial, and organizational handicaps, each branch of the military made significant progress in the development of military technology, and the air corps and navy achieved significantly better results. The reason these two branches were able succeed was through a combination of organizational policy and the development of an overarching goal for their respective branch. Within this thesis, I investigated each of the major military branches during the interwar period, specifically the United States Army, Army Air Corps, and Navy. The air corps is considered a separate branch despite being a segment of the army due to its different strategic goal and its growing independence during the interwar period. In my research I found that the army made by far the least technological progress, but did make significant strides in terms of the development of individual components for larger projects. For example, the army developed the M1 rifle and state-of-the-art shock absorbers for tanks. The air corps succeeded in transforming from a small army auxiliary made up of wood-and-fabric biplanes into a largely independent branch of the military made up of all-metal monoplane bombers. The navy developed the aircraft carrier and aircraft to accompany the new ships, in addition to making substantial upgrades to existing ships. These upgrades included strengthening ships against torpedo attacks, making engines more efficient, and adding anti-aircraft guns to the ships' arsenals.
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Dedman, Stephen. "Techronomicon (novel) ; and The weapon shop : the relationship between American science fiction and the US military (dissertation)." University of Western Australia. School of Social and Cultural Studies, 2008. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2008.0093.

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Techronomicon Techronomicon is a science fiction novel that examines far-future military actions from several different perspectives. Human beings have colonized several planets with help from the enigmatic and more technologically advanced Zhir, who gave spaceships and habitable worlds to those they deemed suitable and their descendants. The Joint Expeditionary Force is the military arm of the Universal Faith, called in when conflicts arise that the Faith decides are beyond the local government and militia and require their intervention. Leneveldt and Roader are JEF officers assigned to Operation Techronomicon, investigating what seems to be a Zhir-built defence shield around the planet Lassana. Another JEF company sent to Kalaabhavan after the murder of the planets Confessor-General loses its CO to a land-mine, and Lieutenant Hellerman reluctantly accepts command. Chevalier, a civilian pilot, takes refugees fleeing military-run detention camps on Ararat to a biological research station on otherwise uninhabited Lila. The biologists on Lila discover a symbiote that enables humans to photosynthesize, which comes to the attention of Operation Techronomicon and the JEF's Weapons Research Division. Leneveldt and Roeder, frustrated by the lack of progress on Lassana, are sent to Lila to detain the biologists, who flee into the swamps. Hellerman's efforts to restore peace on Kalaabhavan are frustrated by the Confessors, and his company finds itself besieged by insurgents. The novel explores individuals' motives for choosing or rejecting violence and/or military service; the lessons they learn about themselves and their enemies; and the possible results of attempts to forcibly suppress ideas.

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Smith, David R. "Nathanael Greene and the Myth of the Valiant Few." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2017. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1062831/.

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Nathan Greene is the Revolutionary Warfare general most associated with unconventional warfare. The historiography of the southern campaign of the revolution uniformly agrees he was a guerrilla leader. Best evidence shows, however, that Nathanael Greene was completely conventional -- that his strategy, operations, tactics, and logistics all strongly resembled that of Washington in the northern theater and of the British commanders against whom he fought in the south. By establishing that Greene was within the mainstream of eighteenth-century military science this dissertation also challenges the prevailing historiography of the American Revolution in general, especially its military aspects. The historiography overwhelmingly argues the myth of the valiant few -- the notion that a minority of colonists persuaded an apathetic majority to follow them in overthrowing the royal government, eking out an improbable victory. Broad and thorough research indicates the Patriot faction in the American Revolution was a clear majority not only throughout the colonies but in each individual colony. Far from the miraculous victory current historiography postulates, American independence was based on the most prosaic of principles -- manpower advantage.

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Deijl, Aarnoud van der. "Protest or propaganda : war in the Old Testament Book of Kings and in contemporaneous ancient Near Eastern texts /." Leiden : Brill, 2008. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb41341528z.

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Peterson, Joseph S. "Exploiting tribal networks through conflict." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2006. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/06Sep%5FPeterson.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S. in Defense Analysis)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2006.
Thesis Advisor(s): Anna Simons. "September 2006." Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-68). Also available in print.

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Wästefors, Markus. "Reflekteras det nya insatsförsvaret i utbildningen till officer? : En komparativ studie av det militärhistoriska ämnets kursplaner och inriktning i krigsvetenskap på Försvarshögskolan och West Point." Thesis, Swedish National Defence College, Swedish National Defence College, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-803.

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This paper examines whether the American officer’s education at West Point and the Swedish officer’s education at the Military Academy Karlberg have adapted their history of the military art education in accordance to the new requirements of the Armed Forces and its focus on the operational defense. Sweden is evolving towards an operational defense and so is the United States. This in turn requires that training and education keep up with the changes. The National Defense College in Sweden do not focus the teaching of advanced history, which happened beforet he invention of the engine, in the officer’s training program, while the American education is rather advanced, with special focus on events taken place in the 19th century up to the Cold War. The Swedish history of the military art education is more of a philosophical and introductory character resulting in less military historical knowledge. The American education is more focused on dates, battles and events, making the West Point education both more profound and extensive in these dimensions in comparison with the Swedish education. However, it is very doubtful that 19th century military history is useful for a commanding officer during an operation, for example in Afghanistan. Having knowledge about the history of the military art’s development is important to be able to understand the evolution of the Armed Forces, but having knowledge of the number of battalions and name of the commander at the Battle of Austerlitz is of less importance. This paper compares the Swedish and the American history of the military art education in order to analyze the degree of adaption to the new operational defense.

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Jubelin, Alexandre. ""Par le fer et par le feu". Pratiques de l'abordage et du combat rapproché dans l'Atlantique du début de l'époque moderne (début du XVIe siècle - 1653)." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Sorbonne université, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019SORUL053.

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Cette thèse étudie les logiques et les moyens du combat en mer dans l’Atlantique du début de l’époque moderne. Les XVIe et XVIIe siècles voient la diffusion puis le perfectionnement de l’artillerie embarquée sur les navires des grandes puissances atlantiques (France, Angleterre, Espagne, Portugal, Provinces-Unies), ce qui provoque de larges recompositions dans les pratiques de la guerre sur mer. Le combat naval passe ainsi d’un corps-à-corps nécessaire, en l’absence d’armes à distance efficaces, à un éventail d’options et d’hybridations entre des tactiques anciennes comme l’abordage et l’usage de l’artillerie, jusqu’à l’apparition d’un nouveau paradigme hégémonique du combat en mer avec la ligne de bataille au milieu du XVIIe siècle. Si cette évolution a été évoquée dans le cadre général du débat sur la « Révolution militaire », le combat en mer a jusqu’à présent été relativement ignoré au profit d’analyses sur le temps très long, sans détailler les ambiguïtés et les subtilités de cette période de transition — ce que cette thèse se propose de faire. Ce travail applique en outre au combat en mer le renouvellement méthodologique à l’œuvre depuis quarante ans dans l’histoire de la guerre : au lieu de se concentrer sur des questions générales de tactiques et de formations, ou de tenter de distribuer l’éloge ou le blâme sur des figures d’amiraux célèbres, il s’agit au contraire de se rapprocher le plus possible du combattant. En particulier, cette thèse se penche sur l’expérience individuelle du combat, les logiques et les gestes qui permettent la survie sur le champ de bataille, et l’horizon sensoriel qui enveloppe les acteurs de la guerre sur mer
This dissertation studies the tools and the logics of naval warfare in the Early Modern Atlantic. The wide spreading and improvement of shipboard artillery in the 16th and 17th centuries, applied to the main Atlantic countries (France, England, Spain, Portugal, Dutch Republic) trigger deep transformations in Atlantic naval warfare. The main paradigm of battle thereby evolves from traditional tactics such as boarding and hand-to-hand fighting, towards a widespread use of artillery, until a new paradigm emerges in the mid-17th century in the shape of the line of battle. This general evolution has been tackled most notably within the “Military Revolution” debate, but naval warfare has been a side subject in those discussions and was for the most part included in very wide-ranging analysis. Those don’t really do justice do the uncertainties and the subtleties of this transition period, as this dissertation intends to do. Furthermore, this work applies to naval battle the evolutions in the history of warfare in the last 40 years by focusing less on tactics and formations, on blaming or lauding great admirals of the past, and more on the individual experience of fighting. In particular, this dissertation focuses on men within the battle, the logics and the gestures that allow for survival, and the sensory environment surrounding the protagonists of naval combat

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Coz, Jean-François. "Un imaginaire au tournant des Lumières : Jacques-Antoine de Reveroni Saint-Cyr (1767-1829)." Thesis, Paris 4, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010PA040108.

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Cette thèse propose une étude de l’œuvre intégrale de Jacques-Antoine de Révéroni Saint-Cyr (1767-1829), ingénieur militaire et écrivain, au sein de la production littéraire de l’époque révolutionnaire et impériale, à la croisée de la littérature, de l’histoire des sciences et de la musique. Étude historique, thématique et herméneutique, cette lecture critique analyse un imaginaire au tournant des Lumières qui comprend des mémoires sur l’art militaire, sur les beaux-arts et sur l’équilibre européen, des textes scéniques (opéras-comiques et comédies) et des romans. Cette diversité générique témoigne d’un complexus imaginaire partagé entre cœur et raison, mécanique et sensibilité, sérénité et inquiétude, qui inscrit le corpus révéronien dans un paradigme charnière entre l’héritage rationaliste de la philosophie des Lumières et une esthétique à coloration romantique
This thesis studies the integral work of Jacques-Antoine de Révéroni Saint-Cyr (1767-1829), a military engineer and writer, at the breast of literary production of the French Revolution and Empire, encompassing literature, history of sciences and music. Historical, thematic and hermeneutical, this critical study analyses Reveroni’s imagery at the turning point of the age of enlightenment which includes essays about military art, fine arts and European equilibrium, theatrical production (comic operas and comedies) and novels. This variety of genres constructs an “imagery complexus” divided between heart and reason, mechanic and sensibility, serenity and anxiety, linked to a key paradigma between the rationalist heritage of the philosophy of enlightenment and an aesthetic coloured with romanticism

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Jubelin, Alexandre. ""Par le fer et par le feu". Pratiques de l'abordage et du combat rapproché dans l'Atlantique du début de l'époque moderne (début du XVIe siècle - 1653)." Thesis, Sorbonne université, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019SORUL053.

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Cette thèse étudie les logiques et les moyens du combat en mer dans l’Atlantique du début de l’époque moderne. Les XVIe et XVIIe siècles voient la diffusion puis le perfectionnement de l’artillerie embarquée sur les navires des grandes puissances atlantiques (France, Angleterre, Espagne, Portugal, Provinces-Unies), ce qui provoque de larges recompositions dans les pratiques de la guerre sur mer. Le combat naval passe ainsi d’un corps-à-corps nécessaire, en l’absence d’armes à distance efficaces, à un éventail d’options et d’hybridations entre des tactiques anciennes comme l’abordage et l’usage de l’artillerie, jusqu’à l’apparition d’un nouveau paradigme hégémonique du combat en mer avec la ligne de bataille au milieu du XVIIe siècle. Si cette évolution a été évoquée dans le cadre général du débat sur la « Révolution militaire », le combat en mer a jusqu’à présent été relativement ignoré au profit d’analyses sur le temps très long, sans détailler les ambiguïtés et les subtilités de cette période de transition — ce que cette thèse se propose de faire. Ce travail applique en outre au combat en mer le renouvellement méthodologique à l’œuvre depuis quarante ans dans l’histoire de la guerre : au lieu de se concentrer sur des questions générales de tactiques et de formations, ou de tenter de distribuer l’éloge ou le blâme sur des figures d’amiraux célèbres, il s’agit au contraire de se rapprocher le plus possible du combattant. En particulier, cette thèse se penche sur l’expérience individuelle du combat, les logiques et les gestes qui permettent la survie sur le champ de bataille, et l’horizon sensoriel qui enveloppe les acteurs de la guerre sur mer
This dissertation studies the tools and the logics of naval warfare in the Early Modern Atlantic. The wide spreading and improvement of shipboard artillery in the 16th and 17th centuries, applied to the main Atlantic countries (France, England, Spain, Portugal, Dutch Republic) trigger deep transformations in Atlantic naval warfare. The main paradigm of battle thereby evolves from traditional tactics such as boarding and hand-to-hand fighting, towards a widespread use of artillery, until a new paradigm emerges in the mid-17th century in the shape of the line of battle. This general evolution has been tackled most notably within the “Military Revolution” debate, but naval warfare has been a side subject in those discussions and was for the most part included in very wide-ranging analysis. Those don’t really do justice do the uncertainties and the subtleties of this transition period, as this dissertation intends to do. Furthermore, this work applies to naval battle the evolutions in the history of warfare in the last 40 years by focusing less on tactics and formations, on blaming or lauding great admirals of the past, and more on the individual experience of fighting. In particular, this dissertation focuses on men within the battle, the logics and the gestures that allow for survival, and the sensory environment surrounding the protagonists of naval combat

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Purdie, Margaret Helen. "An account by John Cananus of the siege of Constantinople in 1422." University of Western Australia. School of Humanities, 2009. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2009.0189.

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Barakat, Myriam. "Edition commentée des "Discours politiques et militaires" de François de la Noue (1531-1591)." Thesis, Montpellier 3, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011MON30041.

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François de La Noue (1531-1591), gentilhomme français et protestant, compose, alors qu’il est incarcéré, les Discours politiques et militaires, publiés en 1587 : nous en proposons ici une édition commentée, précédée d'une introduction. Celle-ci comporte sept chapitres dont le premier relate la vie de l'auteur, étroitement liée aux guerres de religion. Nous nous sommes ensuite intéressés à la genèse des Discours, avant d'établir un catalogue complet des éditions et émissions de l'œuvre. Un bilan des études consacrées à La Noue et à ses écrits termine ce chapitre. Puis, l'univers culturel de ce gentilhomme qui a manié l'épée et la plume est examiné : par l'identification des sources des Discours, nous avons reconstitué sa bibliothèque. Voulant restaurer l'État, il dénonce, en moraliste, la corruption des valeurs, et propose, en réformateur, un programme éducatif. Sa vision politique tirée des Saintes Écritures et son rôle politique joué durant les guerres font l'objet du chapitre IV. Le cinquième traite de la guerre tant du point de vue de sa légitimité que de celui des institutions militaires que La Noue cherche à améliorer. Le XXVIe discours, qui porte sur l'histoire des guerres civiles, nous a poussé à nous interroger, dans la sixième partie, sur sa conception et son écriture de l'histoire. Une approche rhétorique pose, pour finir, la question du genre Discours. Plusieurs documents annexes viennent ensuite apporter des éclaircissements. Suit le texte des Discours politiques et militaires, présenté avec des notes critiques, historiques et lexicales. Enfin, un glossaire, un index et une blibliographie terminent cette thèse
François de La Noue (1531-1591), a French protestant gentleman, composed, during his time in prison, Discours politiques et militaires published in 1587 : here we give you a commented edition, preceded by an introduction, made up of seven chapters. The first one describes the author’s life, closely related to the religious wars. We then focused on the genesis of the Discours, before establishing a complete catalogue of the editions and issues of the book. This chapter ends with an assessment of the studies devoted to La Noue. After that, this gentleman’s cultural universe, which wielded sword and quill is examined: by identifying the sources of the Discours, we have reconstituted his library. Wanting to restore the state, he denounces, moralistically, a corruption of values and he proposes, in way of reform, an educational program. His political vision, taken from the Holy Scripture and his political role during the wars make up Chapter 4. Chapter 5 looks at the war from both a legitimacy side and from the side of the military institutions that La Noue sought to improve. Speech XXVI, which talks about the history of the civil wars made us question, in Chapter 6, his conception and composition of history. We finish with a rhetorical approach to the question of the genre of the Discours. Several documents in the appendix bring clarification. To follow: Discours politiques et militaires, with critiques and historical and lexical notes. A glossary, an index and a bibliography complete this thesis

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Hayhow, Van L. "Is There an Effective US Legal Remedy for Original Owners of Art Looted During the Nazi Era in Europe?" Thesis, Harvard University, 2015. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:26519851.

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This research project attempts to answer the question of whether it is possible to design a system wherein the rights of current possessors and the rights of original owners or their descendants of art that may have been looted during the Nazi era in Germany can be fairly balanced to achieve results that would be both fair and economical to the parties involved. While it could be said that twenty years ago this issue was hardly noticed, and very few lawsuits or claims were made, in recent years a large number of lawsuits have been filed against museums and private individuals claiming that the defendants own art that was stolen from the original owners or were taken from them in forced sales designed to give a patina of legitimacy to what were thefts by other means. Museums and others have defended themselves, first claiming that not all sales of that era were fraudulent, and second, claiming that the claimants’ claims should be denied as they were dilatory in making the claims and that the statutes of limitations have expired. While it is true that in many cases decades passed before such claims were filed, the reasons for this are also explored. Two lawsuits have been chosen to serve as exemplars. One suit was brought against a private owner and the other against a museum. This was done to show the differences in the techniques and strategies used. The hypothesis was that there is no practical solution available to bring about the fair and just result most would seek. Complicating matters is that with the federal government and the fifty states, there are too many sources of law to easily bring together in a unified solution. While there are many plausible solutions, the most plausible is for the federal government to step in and set up a national system. At this time, the government lacks the will to act, leaving the parties with no solution.

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Berglund, Jan. "Network Centric Warfare : a realistic defense alternative for smaller nations /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2004. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/04Jun%5FBergland.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S. in Defense Analysis)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2004.
Thesis advisor(s): John Arquilla, Gordon H. McCormick. Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-138). Also available online.

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Reimer, Torsten F. "Eine Studie in Kriegführung : eine Vorstellung des H-War Military History Network." Universität Potsdam, 2001. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2009/2869/.

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Shusko, Joseph R. "Analysis of the training provided to first-time military acquisition professiionals at Marine Corps Systems Command." Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2010. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/JAP/2010/Jun/10Jun%5FShusko%5FJAP.pdf.

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"Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Program Management from the Naval Postgraduate School, June 2010."
Advisor(s): Snider, Kieth ; Forrester, Robert. "June 2010." "Joint applied project"--Cover. Description based on title screen as viewed on July 14, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: MARCORSYSCOM, Acquisition Professional, Defense Acquisition University (DAU), Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA), Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-133). Also available in print.

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Adolphson, Keith Victor. "The fulcrum of necessity : strategic planning before Pearl Harbor /." Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 1990. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA239386.

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Thesis (M.S. and M.A. in National Security Affairs) Naval Postgraduate School, June 1990.
Thesis Advisor(s): Teti, Frank M. Second Reader: Tritten, James J. "June 1990." Description based on title screeen viewed on October 15, 2009. DTIC Descriptor(s): Pearl Harbor, military strategy, global, United States, policies, production, strategic analysis, planning, history, military planning, strategic intelligence, warfare, military intelligence, United States government DTIC Indicator(s): Military planning, strategic analysis, joint military activities, military forces(united states), history, army planning, naval planning, strategic planning, military history, theses. Author(s) subject terms: U.S Strategic Planning, Join Strategic Planning, Interwar Strategic Planning, Army Strategic Planning, Navy Strategic Planning, Military Planning. Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-86). Also available in print.

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Plichta, Michael Francis. "The Impact of the Military on Peru's Predemocritization." W&M ScholarWorks, 1990. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539625614.

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Cakan, Ali. "Determining the importance of nationality on the outcome of battles using classification trees." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03Jun%5FCakan.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S. in Operations Analysis)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2003.
Thesis advisor(s): Thomas W. Lucas, Samuel E. Buttrey. Includes bibliographical references (p. 73). Also available online.

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Welch, Michael. "Military science and military history : Bloch, Fuller, Henderson and the Royal United Service Institution (1830-1901)." Thesis, Lancaster University, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.389866.

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Ressa, Keith Thomas. "U.S. vs. the world America's color coded war plans and the evolution of Rainbow Five /." Lynchburg, Va. : Liberty University, 2010. http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu.

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Kirkendall, David A. "Redefining E-3 core competencies for dominant battlespace knowledge in future combat employment." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2005. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/05Sep%5FKirkendall.pdf.

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Ng, Ka-wah. "A study of the Wujing Qishu "Wu jing qi shu" yan jiu /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31783260.

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Ki, Dongyoun. "Holy War in Exodus 14-15 a comparison of the concept of war in Exodus 14-15 with that of the ancient Near East /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1996. http://www.tren.com.

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Tuner, Bunyamin. "Information operations in strategic, operational, and tactical levels of war : a balanced systematic approach." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03sep%5FTuner.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S. in Systems Engineering and M.S. in Information Technology Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2003.
Thesis advisor(s): Daniel Boger, Steve Iatrou. Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-71). Also available online.

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De, Backer Fabrice. "L' art du siège néo-assyrien." Strasbourg, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010STRA1067.

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Les deux premiers volumes de cette thèse, intitulée « L’art du siège néo-assyrien », s’intéressent aux machines, au matériel et au personnel employés par le Roi d’Assyrie pour s’emparer d’une place-forte. Les sources visuelles, textuelles, matérielles et les sites archéologiques publiés sont utilisés pour exposer, à l’aide de schémas explicatifs et de comparaisons ethnographiques, la diversité et la complexité de ces 87moyens au Premier Millénaire avant notre ère. Les deux volumes suivants concernent les techniques utilisées dans le cadre du siège d’une fortification. Parmi celles-ci, l’auteur a différencié plusieurs types de tactiques, telles les méthodes destinées à circonvenir les portes et les remparts des ouvrages défensifs, ainsi que celles qui permettent aux assiégés d’y résister, voire de les repousser. Ce dernier aspect constitue une grande première, puisque jamais auparavant une telle recherche n’avait été envisagée. Les deux derniers volumes sont consacrés aux phases chronologiques d’un siège durant la période néo-assyrienne. Les textes qui traitent du sort de la population assiégée, tant au niveau économique que social et psychologique, se joignent aux structures archéologiques contemporaines et comparatives afin d’en fournir une vision aussi complète, précise et globale que possible
The first two volumes of this thesis, entitled “The Neo-Assyrian Siegecraft”, are interested in the engines, the materials and the people employed by the King of Assyria to seize a fortified area. The visual, textual, and material sources and the published archaeological sites are employed to expose, with the help of explanatory diagrams and of ethnographic comparisons, the diversity and complexity of these means during the First Millenium before our era. The two following volumes relate to the techniques used during the siege of a fortification. Among those, the author differentiated several types of tactics, like the methods intended to thwart the doors and the ramparts of the defence works, and those which allow the besieged people to resist, and even to repell them, as well. This last aspect constitutes a big first issue, as never before such a research had been considered. The last two volumes are devoted to the chronological phases of a siege during the Neo-Assyrian period. The texts which treat the fate of the besieged population, at the economic, social and psychological levels also, unite with the contemporary and comparative archaeological structures in order to provide a vision as complete, precise and total as possible

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Steiner, Mark G. "Military imagery in preaching an effective means of nurturing a Lutheran identity in the military /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2003. http://www.tren.com.

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Piltz, Eric. "Ellis, Steven G.; Eßer, Raingard (Hrsg.), Frontiers and the Writing of History, 1500-1850 / [rezensiert von] Eric Piltz." Universität Potsdam, 2007. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2008/2127/.

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Reed, Alden. "Nationalists & guerillas| How nationalism transformed warfare, insurgency & colonial resistance in late 19th century Cuba (1895-1898) and the Philippines (1899-1902)." Thesis, University of New Hampshire, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10127465.

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In the modern age, nationalism has profoundly impacted warfare. While nationalism has helped transform pre-modern societies into nation-states in part arguably to more efficiently wage warfare, it has also lead to a decline in the effectiveness of conventional military power. Warfare in late nineteenth century Cuba and the Philippines demonstrates many of the new features of “nationalist warfare,” showing increased violence is brought about not just by conventional technological developments, but also by “social technology” like nationalism. Nationalist ideology makes it nearly impossible for conventional military forces to occupy or control a nationalist society and suppress resistance to foreign rule. Attempts to suppress nationalist resistance can only be achieved by denying the rebellion external support and directly targeting the civilian population. The difficulty of suppressing nationalist resistance ensures increasingly protracted, bloody and destructive wars will be the norm and that within these conflicts targeting non-combatants and civilian infrastructure is virtually unavoidable.

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Taylor, Grant D. "The machine that made science art : the troubled history of computer art 1963-1989." University of Western Australia. Visual Arts Discipline Group, 2005. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2005.0114.

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[Truncated abstract] This thesis represents an historical account of the reception and criticism of computer art from its emergence in 1963 to its crisis in 1989, when aesthetic and ideological differences polarise and eventually fragment the art form. Throughout its history, static-pictorial computer art has been extensively maligned. In fact, no other twentieth-century art form has elicited such a negative and often hostile response. In locating the destabilising forces that affect and shape computer art, this thesis identifies a complex interplay of ideological and discursive forces that influence the way computer art has been and is received by the mainstream artworld and the cultural community at large. One of the central factors that contributed to computer art’s marginality was its emergence in that precarious zone between science and art, at a time when the perceived division between the humanistic and scientific cultures was reaching its apogee. The polarising force inherent in the “two cultures” debate framed much of the prejudice towards early computer art. For many of its critics, computer art was the product of the same discursive assumptions, methodologies and vocabulary as science. Moreover, it invested heavily in the metaphors and mythologies of science, especially logic and mathematics. This close relationship with science continued as computer art looked to scientific disciplines and emergent techno-science paradigms for inspiration and insight. While recourse to science was a major impediment to computer art’s acceptance by the artworld orthodoxy, it was the sustained hostility towards the computer that persistently wore away at the computer art enterprise. The anticomputer response came from several sources, both humanist and anti-humanist. The first originated with mainstream critics whose strong humanist tendencies led them to reproach computerised art for its mechanical sterility. A comparison with aesthetically and theoretically similar art forms of the era reveals that the criticism of computer art is motivated by the romantic fear that a computerised surrogate had replaced the artist. Such usurpation undermined some of the keystones of modern Western art, such as notions of artistic “genius” and “creativity”. Any attempt to rationalise the human creative faculty, as many of the scientists and technologists were claiming to do, would for the humanist critics have transgressed what they considered the primordial mystique of art. Criticism of computer art also came from other quarters. Dystopianism gained popularity in the 1970s within the reactive counter-culture and avant-garde movements. Influenced by the pessimistic and cynical sentiment of anti-humanist writings, many within the arts viewed the computer as an emblem of rationalisation, a powerful instrument in the overall subordination of the individual to the emerging technocracy

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Basilici, Steven P. Simmons Jeremy L. "Transformation : a bold case for unconventional warfare /." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2004. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/04Jun%5FBasilici.pdf.

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Muth, Jörg. "John A. Lynn, Battle - A History of Combat and Culture from Ancient Greece to Modern Amerika / [rezensiert von] Muth Jörg." Universität Potsdam, 2004. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2008/2036/.

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Billick, Nicole J. "M.C. Escher: a bridge between art and science." Thesis, Boston University, 2000. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/27596.

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Boston University. University Professors Program Senior theses.
PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you.
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Acosta, Marcus P. "High altitude warfare : the Kargil Conflict and the future /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03Jun%5FAcosta.pdf.

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Thesis (M.A. in National Security Affairs)--Naval Postgraduate School, June, 2003.
Thesis advisor(s): Peter Lavoy, Douglas Porch. Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-83). Also available online.

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