Using Critical Military Studies (Basham & Bulmer, 2017; Duncanson & Woodward, 2016), this exploratory case study analysis describes how women officers made sense of their gendered experience within the military, and uses agency, as defined by Post-structural feminism (Da…
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A redevelopment strategy that has long been overlooked is the military’s contribution to the development of America’s cities. The military has a place in history with America’s city building. Historically, defense-related development was in the interest of national defense and w…
The moral and spiritual/religious implications of serving in combat have gained increasing attention over the past few years. An emerging area of research on spirituality/religion and moral injury has documented spiritual/religious change following a traumatic event, with some i…
Viewsheds are an important asset in military analysis for geographers in the war in Afghanistan due to the significantly diverse and rugged terrain of the battlefield. At the simplest level, viewsheds answer the question: "What areas can be seen from this location?" But the same…
Findings and Conclusions: This thesis asserts that jus in bello standards for contemporary warfare can be meaningfully adapted to regulate asymmetric conflicts. Although, non-state agents may be forced to resort to acts of terror in order to achieve their aims, empowered states …
Aaron Belkin argues that military men must navigate "binary oppositions" of masculine and anti-masculine or feminine behaviors, mostly of a physical nature, to be considered good soldiers/good men. Embracing these polar behaviors of strong and weak, expressing the masculine aggr…
This research compares the narratives of NATO press releases with Associated Press and Reuters news articles, focusing on the counterinsurgency themes of security and stability in the war in Afghanistan. Seven hundred sixty press releases and two hundred eleven news articles con…
There have been increased concerns regarding readjustment issues for military veterans after combat service that can include problems related to intimate relationships. Approximately two million service members have served in wars in Afghanistan and Iraq the past decade. This st…
War has been happening for centuries. Women have been in the United States Armed Forces since the War of Independence in 1775, with very little research done on how war affects these women once on the home front. The purpose of my research is to evaluate the role of communicatio…
Current research available in the literature explored three main lines of inquiry (political or policy, military, and doctrinal) into the problem of both the lack of implementation and unsuccessful implementation of the U.S.-led Iraqi counterinsurgency campaign. This research wa…
The purpose of the qualitative exploratory case study was to explore property management procedures affecting military accountability in an operational environment. The research design included voluntary participants from the Active Army, Army Reserves, and Army National Guard. …
Large numbers of military veterans are returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with injuries and mental health issues. In response to this the Department of Veterans Affairs offers many evidenced based treatments, however, these treatments mostly rely on verbal processin…
Previous research has demonstrated that rates of depressive symptoms in adolescents may be higher in the military community of deployed personnel than in other adolescents. Depression decreases quality of life and increases risk of suicide in adolescents; therefore, it is import…
In this study, the researcher proposed to a) examine the relationship between hours of Internet accessibility and the psychological well-being of a group of military personnel deployed at the time of this research project to combat regions in Afghanistan, and b) examine differen…
When do states experience coup d’états? Previous studies of military intervention have analyzed various social conditions that have been assessed as determinants of coup behavior. Relationships between select social conditions and coup behavior are often determined by how a vari…
Given the U.S. military's current engagement with insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is possible and prudent to test the effectiveness of U.S. counterinsurgency doctrine in practice. This article tests the predictive power of access to essential services, unemployment, per…
This dissertation is a study of the New Order (Nizam-i Cedid ) army and the opposition it triggered during the reign of Selim III (1789-1807). It aims to present an alternative perspective on the Ottoman military reform and its implications for the course of the imperial transfo…
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan represent the most extensive conflicts since the Vietnam War, and a large body of research has focused on identifying base rates of PTSD, depression, and alcohol abuse and related behaviors in returning service members. A variety of methodologica…
A decade after World War II, the Federal Republic of Germany created a new military meant only to defend the nation's borders. The new force, called the Bundeswehr, prepared young men to fight against a possible invasion by the Soviet Union. But when the Soviet Union crumbled at…