While museums, in particular history and military museums, have long included representations of war and soldiers, there is one area that is not as visible: that of the veteran who returns home from war physically intact, but psychologically scarred, perhaps suffering from post-…
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Michael Mann (1997 [1984], p. 60) wrote, “The state is undeniably a messy concept,” but in the years since he made this observation, little seems to have been done to clean it up. This dissertation seeks to use ontology-based methods to answer three major research questions conc…
This dissertation seeks to explore how theological and philosophical traditions during the medieval period lead to the establishment of views on the nature of God, the best manner of living, as well as the best way of remaining faithful to a proper mode of religious worship. Fur…
In this dissertation, I analyze religious actors debating the decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003 as well as the religious cultural dimensions of the larger public discussion. I argue that one cannot adequately explain the country's entry into the war without understanding the…
Why do states refuse to recognize the spoils of war? In previous eras concessions imposed on a defeated state were considered to be valid by the international community, i.e. 'to the victor go the spoils'. Now states accept the principle that they cannot legally obtain territory…
The focus of this dissertation is to investigate whether the ancient motif of Divine Warrior imagery can aid in understanding the violent imagery in the book of Revelation. The specific strategy is to examine how John's intended readers would perceive the violent imagery in ligh…
Approximately 1.76 million men and women have served in the Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) military campaigns since October 2001. The transition from living in a war zone to resuming a fulfilling life at home is often difficult for veterans. T…
The Defense Base Act requires the provision of medical care and disability benefits for contractors injured while supporting overseas governmental operations; many claims submitted under the act are denied, however, indicating a systemic problem. Research is lacking on the effec…
When I was a young boy I played war with my friends. It was fun and exciting. We would pretend that we were out to fight the bad guys and ultimately win. Looking back at those childhood games after serving in the United States Army for three and a half years, including deploymen…
This dissertation explores the social and moral significance of the testimonies against war that were presented by US military veterans during Winter Soldier Iraq and Afghanistan (WSIA) in 2008. I examine how the frame and structure provided by the event organizers position the …
The situation in Egypt and elsewhere in parts of the Arab world is to some extent reminiscent of the situation that prevailed before 1914 in Europe, where a motley array of unharnessed popular micronationalisms (today, instrumentalized religious fervor) combined with big power p…
Intervening in the tendency to analyze recent war media on purely ideological grounds, "Framing the Fight: Post-9/11 Warfare and the Logistics of Representation," puts theories of affect and governmentality in conversation, while asserting the value of industries studies as a wa…
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 …
In the fall of 2003 I was invited to lead a team of music therapists in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), a country that had been recently savaged by two brutal inter-ethnic wars. The program operated out of the Pavarotti Music Centre on the East side of Mostar, a divided city in th…
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…
Background. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has evolved into the signature injury for service members returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Current standards for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of service members with mild TBI (mTBI) are often incomplete, leadin…
In recent decades, there has been an expanded effort to examine the adverse effects of political violence on the health of civilian populations; substantial evidence now points to the effects of political violence on outcomes like PTSD, anxiety, and a variety of physical health …
Ten Klicks South of Whiskey is a stage performance in three acts, consisting mostly of monologues from soldiers of various backgrounds. It follows the trials of 4th platoon, Delta Troop, 463rd Cavalry Squadron, a fictional unit that achieves a near-mythic reputation of heroism a…