Browsing by Subject "Afghanistan"
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“Brotherhood” in War: A Rhetorical Approach to Understanding the Unity Among Soldiers
My research will elucidate the idea of “Brotherhood” as it relates to the soldiers fighting for our country. First, I will attempt to define a clear concept of Brotherhood as it relates to the American Armed Forces. Then ... -
Dead Babies, Bowel Disturbances, and Other Combat Humor in Afghanistan and Iraq
(2013-02-18)The United States has deployed American soldiers to Afghanistan and Iraq for over a decade, often sending its soldiers for a second or third tour. The soldiers’ combat experience has changed dramatically since previous ... -
Desirability and Feasibility of a Policy Neutrality in Afghanistan
(2015-07-08)Bush School Alum, Ambassador Nasir A. Andisha, presents his doctoral thesis on the "Desirability and Feasibility of a Policy of Neutrality in Afghanistan: The Dilemma of Collective Security and Neutrality in Afghanistan." -
Measurement to Intelligence: Feature Extraction, Modeling and Predictive Analysis of Asymmetric Conflict Events
(2014-06-06)The conflict events that comprise asymmetric warfare are a primary killer of both combatants and civilians on the modern battlefield. Improvised explosive devices (IED) and direct fire (DF), the most common of these attacks, ... -
Puritan Military Justice: American War Crimes and the Global War on Terrorism
(2012-07-16)Exploring Puritanical cultural habits in the 21st century American military, the following study focuses on U.S. Army courts-martial in the Global War on Terrorism. The study uses Emile Durkheim's original sociological ... -
Revenge and Responsibility in Contemporary War Crimes and Courts-Martial
(2012-02-14)This project seeks to address the recurring theme of revenge within war as exhibited in the recent upsurge of war crimes within the past ten years. To begin, I present an overview of Emile Durkheim’s perspective on punishment ...