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This dissertation examines the discourses, following the terrorist attacks on U.S. soil, that have articulated the rationalization for the imposition of "American style" democracy and neoliberal economic policy in the Middle East and around the globe. Drawing on Michel Foucault'…

I examine Russian national identity from political, military, intellectual, and popular perspectives during both the Crimean War and the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78. I focus on these two wars for my examination of Russian national identity for various reasons. One reason is bec…