Based on a year of ethnographic fieldwork, this dissertation explores the inextricable relationship of the ordinary and extraordinary which characterizes the lives of U.S. soldiers severely injured in Iraq and Afghanistan and rehabilitating at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in …
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This dissertation is a history of French West African colonial soldiers who served in French Empire. Known by the misnomer tirailleurs sénégalais, these servicemen contributed to the expansion, maintenance, and defense of France's presence on several continents. The complex iden…
Although high morale, unit cohesion, and confidence in leadership are considered by military leaders to be essential elements for victory on the battlefield, research indicates that officer assessments of these variables are generally inaccurate. To assist commanding officers in…
There is a significant lacuna in current scholarly understanding of the religious behavior and beliefs among medieval lay people, particularly concerning the actual practices of daily life, including such important rites as confession, communion, final unction, and prayer. Tradi…
The effects of a long-term combat deployment on a soldier's physical fitness are not well understood. In active duty soldiers, combat deployment reduced physical fitness compared to pre-deployment status, but no similar research has been performed on Army National Guard soldiers…
This thesis examines the development of the soldier in late-Victorian Britain in light of the movement to rehabilitate the public image of the ordinary ranks initiated by the Cardwell-Childers Reforms. Venerated in popular culture, Tommy Atkins became a symbol of British imperia…
After more than five years of ongoing war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army has continued to wage the war on terror as its number one priority. As the two campaigns have brought turbulence to military families in terms of preserving marriages and military careers, military leade…
The current study examined the moderating effects of organizational social phenomenon (leader behaviors, cohesion, and social support) on the relationship between stressors associated with combat operations and perceived stress. This study was a secondary analysis of longitudina…
Social support has a significant research base supporting its beneficial effects on physical and psychological health. However, this literature conceptualizes such support as instrumental-whether it is actually provided or perceived as potentially available, and whether it is ex…
The present study attempted to determine the relationship between empathy, intelligence, and PTSD in US Army soldiers returning from deployment in Iraq. Linear regression was used to test the hypotheses that: soldiers with higher levels of empathy would experience greater arousa…
This study continues the exploration of the correlation between Organizational Commitment and the decision to reenlistment by initial term and mid-career U.S. Army soldiers. Also, the study measured intent to leave in correlation with organizational commitment scale and other fa…
This dissertation examines the political climate that contributes to the ongoing power arrangements between the military wives, the soldiers they marry, and the military institution in relation to the power dynamics of the military-industrial-service-complex. The tri-methodologi…
Past studies of the variable (ING) have demonstrated regular and stable social and stylistic conditions across English speech communities around the world, factors which shape the patterns of variation between the /n/ and /ng/ variants of (ING). This dissertation is an inquiry i…
The current study both supports and extends previous research on the content and discovery of Canadian males' dreams to the dreams of Canadian soldiers. Participants included 25 Canadian male soldiers with operational experience in Afghanistan as well as an age and gender matche…
This project serves as an examination of the beliefs of the American public concerning veterans from Vietnam to Iraq. Many myths and stereotypes have been produced about these men and women, and I argue that these myths and stereotypes are created and reified within the media ab…
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between reported childhood traumatic events and posttraumatic growth in a group of combat-exposed soldiers. This archival sample consisted of 2,319 men and women, 18 years or older, who completed an extensive clinical sur…
More than 300,000 soldiers have returned from Southwest Asia (i.e., Iraq and Afghanistan) with combat-related mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBIs) associated with exposure to improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Despite less visible physical injuries, these soldiers demonstrate…
Theories of violence against civilians in conflict have tended to view combatants in homogenous terms, as the obedient pawns of military elites, or as uniformly prone to violence due to passionate emotions or economic opportunism. In contrast, this study shows that combatant par…
Military veterans often recognize the mental health symptoms they experience; however, they may be reluctant to seek treatment due to social and military-culture stigmas. Soldiers who have returned from Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanista…