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"Arms an Employment": Motivations for Enlisting in the 18th Century British Army
Title
"Arms an Employment": Motivations for Enlisting in the 18th Century British Army
Author
Kane, Nicholas
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
Military history
Description
NICHOLAS KANE. "Arms an Employment": Motivations for Enlistment in the 18th Century British Army. (Under the direction of Drs. DAVID JOHNSON and JOHN SMAIL) In the eighteenth century, the British military boomed in size with the various wars that ...
"The Burthen Now Upon Our Hands": The Treatment of British Prisoners of War in the Revolutionary South, 1780-1781
Title
"The Burthen Now Upon Our Hands": The Treatment of British Prisoners of War in the Revolutionary South, 1780-1781
Author
Grover, Thomas
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
Military history, History
Description
Casualties represent the human element destroyed by war. As such, historians use their numbers to describe the scale or aftermath of a given conflict in terms of dead and wounded. Yet, there exists a third group of casualties often not included in...
Reclaiming the Unredeemed: Irredentism and the National Schism in Greece's First World War
Title
Reclaiming the Unredeemed: Irredentism and the National Schism in Greece's First World War
Author
Kinley, Christopher
Date Created
2016
Subjects--Topical
History, Military history, Area studies
Description
Greece’s role in the First World War, although short, was characterized by political and social tumult that tore the small country in half, splitting it into two political camps both with their own public supporters. This divide is known as the Na...
THE SURVIVOR’S HUNT FOR NAZI FUGITIVES IN BRAZIL: THE CASES OF FRANZ STANGL AND GUSTAV WAGNER IN THE CONTEXT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE
Title
THE SURVIVOR’S HUNT FOR NAZI FUGITIVES IN BRAZIL: THE CASES OF FRANZ STANGL AND GUSTAV WAGNER IN THE CONTEXT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE
Author
McLain, Kyle
Date Created
2016
Subjects--Topical
Military history, History
Description
On April 23, 1978, Brazilian authorities arrested Gustav Wagner, a former Nazi internationally wanted for his crimes committed during the Holocaust. Despite a confirming witness and petitions from West Germany, Israel, Poland and Austria, the Braz...
The Fighter Mafia: Vietnam, The Fighter Jet, and the Future of the Air Force
Title
The Fighter Mafia: Vietnam, The Fighter Jet, and the Future of the Air Force
Author
Hubard, Thomas
Date Created
2014
Subjects--Topical
Military history, History
Description
This thesis examines the role of fighter pilots and their shared culture in the United States Air Force. This thesis argues that as a result of the Vietnam War, fighter pilots fought back against the traditional power structures of the Air Force t...