My Ph.D. dissertation attempts to provide an indepth investigation and analysis of the political, social, cultural, economic, and religious problems that led to the outbreak of the first civil war in the Sudan in 1955. It discusses the involvement of foreign missionaries and Sud…
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This dissertation examines British, French, German, and American efforts to study the Mexican-American (1846-48), Crimean (1854-56), Civil (1861-65), Franco-Prussian (1870-71), and Russo-Turkish (1877-78) Wars as the conflicts progressed. The work provides a comparative explorat…
The dissertation consists of three essays on the foreign militants who joined the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The first essay examines the within-group role preference of ISIS soldiers. I look at the characteristics of the Islamic's States members who volunteer to be…
This project provides a comprehensive analysis of the Kurdish ethno-nationalist movements of Iran. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Kurdish experts, leaders and members of major Iranian Kurdish organizations, and archival data: First, it will be argued that the level of polit…
In this thesis, I examine the role of queerness, solidarity and movement in anti-war activism relating to the 2006 Lebanon War. I investigate two events called "Out Against the Occupation" that were organized during the summer of 2006 in response to the war. These events emerged…
This qualitative study suggests a method of teaching the Lebanese Civil War in the Language Classroom, and in English Education in particular. It explores the ways in which autobiography, fiction, and postcolonial feminist literary analysis can provide different perspectives on …
This paper engages operationalized discourses from economics and political science on resources and conflict using anthropological theory and ethnographic techniques. Current trends among civil war scholars locate grievances as ubiquitous constructs or rhetorical tools, irreleva…
This thesis argues that the unprecedented number of veteran amputees after the Civil War assumed symbolic importance in the United States and continued to play an important role in American culture for 150 years. The symbolism of the amputee linked military service and political…
What is the effect of natural disasters on political violence? Despite the widespread speculation about the possibilities for peace that typically occurs after a natural disaster strikes in a conflict zone, relatively little is known about the way disasters impact political mech…
This dissertation investigates how political instability is related to the probability of civil war. According to the literature in comparative politics, regime breakdown is caused by critical events such as economic decline, defeat in interstate war, death of a leader in office…
Fifteen years of civil war and the economic crisis in 1992 left remarkable scars on the Lebanese economy. The dramatic devaluation of the Lebanese Pound (LBP) and high inflation rate imposed a real threat for the wealth of individuals and firms. They sought refuge in the US doll…
This dissertation reveals how religious factors affected the development of the Korean War. Much prior research has analyzed the causes and nature of the Korean War, in part because of the war's impact upon later events, from the Cold War to the present day geopolitical standoff…