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The Coming Financial Wars, Juan C. Zarate Dec 2013

The Coming Financial Wars, Juan C. Zarate

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Warsaw Uprising Of 1944: A Touchstone In United States And Russian Relations, Jordan Szczygiel Aug 2013

Warsaw Uprising Of 1944: A Touchstone In United States And Russian Relations, Jordan Szczygiel

Honors Scholar Theses

On August 1, 1944, when the Armia Krajowa [AK] comprised of Polish partisans, took to the streets against the Germans, the only question in their minds was when Warsaw was going to be liberated. Instead of a quick victory, fighting raged on for sixty-three days ending with the eventual defeat of the AK. Even though the uprising failed to free Warsaw from the grasp of the Nazis, it did become a touchstone in the relationship between two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union.


Four Decades On: Vietnam, The United States, And The Legacies Of The Second Indochina War, Edwin A. Martini May 2013

Four Decades On: Vietnam, The United States, And The Legacies Of The Second Indochina War, Edwin A. Martini

Edwin A. Martini

In Four Decades On, historians, anthropologists, and literary critics examine the legacies of the Second Indochina War, or what most Americans call the Vietnam War, nearly forty years after the United States finally left Vietnam. They address matters such as the daunting tasks facing the Vietnamese at the war's end—including rebuilding a nation and consolidating a socialist revolution while fending off China and the Khmer Rouge—and "the Vietnam syndrome," the cynical, frustrated, and pessimistic sense that colored America's views of the rest of the world after its humiliating defeat in Vietnam. The contributors provide unexpected perspectives on Agent Orange, the …


Death By Bullet, Fire, Or Vapor: Examining The Decision To Use The Atomic Bomb To End World War Ii In The Pacific Theatre, Jonathan Keenan Apr 2013

Death By Bullet, Fire, Or Vapor: Examining The Decision To Use The Atomic Bomb To End World War Ii In The Pacific Theatre, Jonathan Keenan

The Exposition

The atomic bomb is one of the most destructive devices man has created for warfare. Able to wipe out entire city blocks and dissolve a person’s body leaving only a shadow behind. How can any good be found in such a weapon? The paper will evaluate the process Americans went through to create this weapon and then use it. It will convey how different key players felt about the Bomb, such as politicians, scientists, and military figures. Both sides of the argument will be looked at whether the Bombs should have been dropped or if there was a way around …


Persian Gulf War, 1991 (Sc 1008), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2013

Persian Gulf War, 1991 (Sc 1008), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1008. Letters (11) and postcards (2) written to Allan and Vicki Harvey, Louisville, Kentucky, from several different Desert Storm soldiers stationed in Saudi Arabia during the Persian Gulf War. Also photo and associated letter.


Recalibrating American Grand Strategy: Softening Us Policies Toward Iran In Order To Contain China, Samir Tata Feb 2013

Recalibrating American Grand Strategy: Softening Us Policies Toward Iran In Order To Contain China, Samir Tata

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Austin, Larry Wayne, B. 1971 (Sc 855), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Austin, Larry Wayne, B. 1971 (Sc 855), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 855. Narrative account written by Larry Wayne Austin for a Western Kentucky University United States history
class, November 1990, of interview with T.J. Sullivan describing his work as a pilot and lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps before and during the Air Force bombing of Tripoli, Libya, in 1986. The bombing was in retaliation for terrorists’’ actions approved by President Muammar Gaddafi.