This submission includes two studies, based primarily on the use of historical archives, of the Afghan wars from 1978 and the Iraq War from 2003. Breeding Ground: Afghanistan and the Origins of Islamist Terrorism (2011) is a study of various layers of the Afghan conflict: the 19…
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"In the autumn of 2002, Atlantic Monthly national correspondent James Fallows wrote an article predicting many of the problems America would face if it invaded Iraq. After events confirmed many of his predictions, Fallows went on to write some of the most acclaimed, award-winnin…
This thesis responds to the longstanding call from constructivist and poststructuralist scholars for a turn to discourse. It focuses on the paradox of the ability of language to act as a constituting and constraining device within an agent-structure discussion. The Copenhagen Sc…
"Beyond the Green Zone is Dahr Jamail's critically acclaimed, indispensable account of life in Iraq under U.S. occupation. Named by AlterNet as one of the top three progressive books of 2007, alongside Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine and Jeremy Scahill's Blackwater, Beyond the …
I examined all cases of United States foreign policies of overt violence, bounded by and including, Vietnam (1964-1969) and Iraq (2003-2007). The objective was to use Orientalism in order to increase our understanding of such policies. What this research showed was quite contrar…
The 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq created health system instability, with direct and indirect public health consequences. This analysis examines the disparity in vaccine coverage, incidence, and displacement in Iraq at the governorate level for three vaccine-preventable disease…
States need to match military strategies and political aims in order to deter attacks and win wars. When are they more or less likely to be integrated? This dissertation tests balance of power theory and organizational culture theory with the United States' conduct of the curren…
Background and rationale. The largest group of women veterans today served in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). The influx of OEF/OIF women veterans has created increased demands for VA health services beyond the levels usually associated with t…
Background. Traditional perspectives of veteran mental health are grounded in physiological and psychological principles of trauma response and recovery. An alternative perspective is needed for the provision of culturally relevant healthcare to our nation’s newest veterans. Res…
In my dissertation I argue that the invasion of Iraq was a part of a larger project by Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to reestablish the unconstrained use of U.S. military power after the defeat of Vietnam. The study presents the best evidenc…
Over the last 10-years, the focus of the U.S. Army has been on Counter-Insurgency (COIN) operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. However, the writing is on the wall that military involvement in both locations will soon come to an end. Historically, when the Army is not involved in c…
This mixed-methods dissertation investigates the countries of the Coalition of the Willing in Iraq (2003-2009) to identify the determinants of defection and of fluctuation in troop numbers. It makes theoretical contributions to the literature on alliance and coalition defection …
Baas Partisi, Arap dünyasında ilk ideolojik parti olarak Suriye'de doğdu ve Arap politik düşüncesinde büyük bir boşluğu doldurdu. Baasçılar, bir ideoloji oluşturmak ve Suriye ve diğer Arap devletlerinde pek çok kişiyi çekmek için etkili bir ideoloji üretmeyi başardılar. Baasçı A…