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Review Of “War, Disability And Rehabilitation In Britain: ‘Soul Of A Nation’” By Julie Anderson, Kellen Kurschinski Jan 2026

Review Of “War, Disability And Rehabilitation In Britain: ‘Soul Of A Nation’” By Julie Anderson, Kellen Kurschinski

Canadian Military History

Review of War, Disability and Rehabilitation in Britain: ‘Soul of a Nation’ by Julie Anderson


Review Of “Canadians Under Fire: Infantry Effectiveness In The Second World War” By Robert Engen, James Sandy Jan 2026

Review Of “Canadians Under Fire: Infantry Effectiveness In The Second World War” By Robert Engen, James Sandy

Canadian Military History

Review of Canadians Under Fire: Infantry Effectiveness in the Second World War by Robert Engen


Review Of “Planning Armageddon: British Economic Warfare And The First World War” By Nicholas A. Lambert, Barry Gough Jan 2026

Review Of “Planning Armageddon: British Economic Warfare And The First World War” By Nicholas A. Lambert, Barry Gough

Canadian Military History

Review of Planning Armageddon: British Economic Warfare and the First World War by Nicholas A. Lambert


Review Of “Cold War Soldier: Life On The Front Lines Of The Cold War” By Terry “Stoney” Burke, Frank Maas Jan 2026

Review Of “Cold War Soldier: Life On The Front Lines Of The Cold War” By Terry “Stoney” Burke, Frank Maas

Canadian Military History

Review of Cold War Soldier: Life on the Front Lines of the Cold War by Terry “Stoney” Burke


Review Of “Special Operations Forces: A National Capability” Edited By Emily Spencer, Cord Scott Jan 2026

Review Of “Special Operations Forces: A National Capability” Edited By Emily Spencer, Cord Scott

Canadian Military History

Review of Special Operations Forces: A National Capability edited by Emily Spencer


Review Of “The Canadian Iroquois And The Seven Years’ War” By D. Peter Macleod, Timothy C. Winegard Jan 2026

Review Of “The Canadian Iroquois And The Seven Years’ War” By D. Peter Macleod, Timothy C. Winegard

Canadian Military History

Review of The Canadian Iroquois and the Seven Years’ War by D. Peter MacLeod


Review Of “The Politics Of Command: Lieutenant-General A.G.L. Mcnaughton And The Canadian Army, 1939–1943” By John Rickard, Randall Wakelam Jan 2026

Review Of “The Politics Of Command: Lieutenant-General A.G.L. Mcnaughton And The Canadian Army, 1939–1943” By John Rickard, Randall Wakelam

Canadian Military History

Review of The Politics of Command: Lieutenant-General A.G.L. McNaughton and the Canadian Army, 1939–1943 by John Rickard


Review Of “If You’Re Reading This… Last Letters From The Front Line” By Siân Price, Christopher Schultz Jan 2026

Review Of “If You’Re Reading This… Last Letters From The Front Line” By Siân Price, Christopher Schultz

Canadian Military History

Review of If You’re Reading This… Last Letters from the Front Line by Siân Price


Review Of “Corps Commanders: Five British And Canadian Generals At War, 1939–45” By Douglas E. Delaney, William Pratt Jan 2026

Review Of “Corps Commanders: Five British And Canadian Generals At War, 1939–45” By Douglas E. Delaney, William Pratt

Canadian Military History

Review of Corps Commanders: Five British and Canadian Generals at War, 1939–45 by Douglas E. Delaney


Review Of “The British Way In Counter-Insurgency, 1945–1967” By David French, David Charters Jan 2026

Review Of “The British Way In Counter-Insurgency, 1945–1967” By David French, David Charters

Canadian Military History

Review of The British Way in Counter-Insurgency, 1945–1967 by David French


Review Of “Uncle Cy’S War: The First World War Letters Of Major Cyrus F. Inches” By Valerie Teed, Edward A. Gutiérrez Jan 2026

Review Of “Uncle Cy’S War: The First World War Letters Of Major Cyrus F. Inches” By Valerie Teed, Edward A. Gutiérrez

Canadian Military History

Review of Uncle Cy’s War: The First World War Letters of Major Cyrus F. Inches by Valerie Teed


Our Man In Vietnam Gallery Guide, Sara Pezzoni, Darryl Ward, University Of Texas At Arlington Jan 2026

Our Man In Vietnam Gallery Guide, Sara Pezzoni, Darryl Ward, University Of Texas At Arlington

2026 - Our Man in Vietnam

Gallery guide for an exhibition from the Bob Schieffer Vietnam War Collection, 2026. Curated by Sara Pezzoni, exhibit and gallery guide design by Darryl Ward and Sara Pezzoni.


Art In Communist China: Visualizing The People’S Republic Of China’S Changing Policy On Taiwan Through Propaganda Posters, Alden J. Rowe Jan 2026

Art In Communist China: Visualizing The People’S Republic Of China’S Changing Policy On Taiwan Through Propaganda Posters, Alden J. Rowe

Departmental Honors & Graduate Capstone Projects

This research paper is an analysis of the role of propaganda posters in visualizing the changing policy of the People’s Republic of China on reunification with Taiwan. The propaganda posters were obtained through Chineseposters.net, maintained and owned by the Chinese Posters Foundation and edited by Stefan Landsberger and Marien van der Heijden, which offers over 7,000 propaganda posters that serve as a visual history of China. Of these roughly 7,000 posters, six, released from 1949-1978, was analyzed regarding their role in promoting the Chinese Communist Party’s political stance on Taiwan. Prior to the 1960s, the propaganda posters illustrate armed violence …


Lionel Marcus Viggers.Course 20. Biography, Jenifer A. Harding Jan 2026

Lionel Marcus Viggers.Course 20. Biography, Jenifer A. Harding

Documents: Lionel Marcus Viggers

Biography of RAF cadet Lionel Marcus Viggers who was killed in a plane crash on October 9, 1944, while training to be a pilot at 5BFTS. He is buried in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission British Plot. at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Arcadia.


The Cost Of Defense: Labor And Construction Of 10th Century Danish Fortifications, Noah James Eckert Jan 2026

The Cost Of Defense: Labor And Construction Of 10th Century Danish Fortifications, Noah James Eckert

Honors Theses and Capstones

No abstract provided.


The Theological Tradition Of The Orthodox Church In The Aspect Of The Formation Of Military Leadership In Ukraine, Olga Dobrodum, Andrii S. Zborchyi, Tetyana Kondratyuk-Antonova, Oleksandr L. Kolomiiets Jan 2026

The Theological Tradition Of The Orthodox Church In The Aspect Of The Formation Of Military Leadership In Ukraine, Olga Dobrodum, Andrii S. Zborchyi, Tetyana Kondratyuk-Antonova, Oleksandr L. Kolomiiets

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

Analysis of the Orthodox theological tradition as a moral foundation for military leadership in the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the full-scale war. The study moves beyond pragmatic managerial models, exploring Orthodox categories such as service (diakonia), sacrifice, and spiritual warfare. Drawing on patristic heritage and modern theologians, the authors examine leadership motivation, the role of faith in professional resilience, and the integration of Orthodox anthropology into military training. Special emphasis is placed on the Orthodox Church of Ukraine's chaplaincy as a key mechanism for actualizing these values while addressing challenges like secularism and multiconfessionalism.


The Long Shadow Of The Boys In Blue: Civil War Memory & The Evolution Of Veteran Identity In Twentieth Century Pennsylvania, Alexander L. Barbolish Jan 2026

The Long Shadow Of The Boys In Blue: Civil War Memory & The Evolution Of Veteran Identity In Twentieth Century Pennsylvania, Alexander L. Barbolish

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis presents a case study of the transformation of veteran identity and civic culture in Northeastern Pennsylvania, tracing the profound shifts in the way Americans remembered war, commemorated sacrifice, and defined what it meant to be a veteran, from the turn of the twentieth century to the dawn of World War II. By examining the complex interactions and relationships between three distinct and overlapping generations of veterans—those of the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, and World War I—this study argues that veteran identity was neither static nor monolithic, but was continually renegotiated through commemorative practice, organizational culture, and public …


Edward C F Vosper - Biography, Jenifer A. Harding Jan 2026

Edward C F Vosper - Biography, Jenifer A. Harding

Documents: Edward C.F. Vosper

Biography of RAF cadet Edward Claude Frederick Vosper who was killed in a plane crash on August 8, 1943, while training to be a pilot at 5BFTS. He is buried in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission British Plot. at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Arcadia.


The Ones Who Watched: Technology, Proxy Warfare, And The Testing Ground Hypothesis, Sean J. Oliver Jan 2026

The Ones Who Watched: Technology, Proxy Warfare, And The Testing Ground Hypothesis, Sean J. Oliver

Graduate Theses/Dissertations

Great powers need laboratories for war. This thesis argues that great powers find these laboratories in proxy forces. Proxy warfare is not just a tool for strategic influence. It is a machine for experimentation. This study posits a central testing-ground hypothesis. It contends that great powers deliberately use surrogates to vet emerging technologies, doctrines, and mobilization schemes under the pressure of real combat. The analytical methodology is historical. It traces patterns from the ancient world's proxy forces and the innovations of the Crusades to the Cold War and the digital age. The thesis examines enduring patterns, including the tension between …


Confucian Thought As A Strategic Veil: How Western Strategy Should Correctly Compete With China, Owen Miller Jan 2026

Confucian Thought As A Strategic Veil: How Western Strategy Should Correctly Compete With China, Owen Miller

Graduate Theses/Dissertations

The rise of the People's Republic of China as a peer competitor to the United States constitutes the defining geopolitical challenge of the twenty-first century, but even so, Western strategic analysis has consistently failed to engage China on its own terms. The recurrent pattern of Western misinterpretation results from projecting Western assumptions onto a state whose institutional and cultural drivers operate under fundamentally different premises, where key elements of Chinese strategic culture and the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) instrumentalization of Confucianism as a moral veil are instruments of domestic legitimacy and external strategic narrative. The United States must recognize that …


From Ship To Shore: The Impact Of Sailor Resistance On The Anti-Vietnam War Movement, Trent Chamberlain Jan 2026

From Ship To Shore: The Impact Of Sailor Resistance On The Anti-Vietnam War Movement, Trent Chamberlain

Honors Undergraduate Theses

This thesis explores the often-overlooked role of United States Navy personnel in the broader anti-Vietnam War movement. While civilian protests dominate historical narratives of the era, the impact of active-duty sailor resistance remains underexplored. To address this gap, this thesis examines shipboard and shore-based dissent to determine how Naval resistance influenced both military operations and domestic anti-war efforts. By conducting a historical analysis of primary source materials, including military records, underground press publications, and personal accounts, this research traces the evolution of sailor organizing and its intersections with civilian peace movements. The thesis shows that Naval dissent not only posed …


The Symbolic Language Of Militarized Orthodoxy In Patriarchal Sermons, Architecture, And Pseudo-Historical Memory, Oleksandr Lukyanenko Jan 2026

The Symbolic Language Of Militarized Orthodoxy In Patriarchal Sermons, Architecture, And Pseudo-Historical Memory, Oleksandr Lukyanenko

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

The article is devoted to a comprehensive cultural and religious analysis of the processes of militarization of religious worldview in modern Russia using the example of public speeches of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, as well as the symbolic space of the Main Temple of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Particular attention is paid to the study of the mechanisms of sacralization of war through the integration of historical memory, Orthodox rhetoric and the state ideology of the “Russian world”. The study analyzes the peculiarities of the interpretation of World War II as the sacred foundation of modern Russian …


The Origins And Expansion Of The Soviet Union’S Military-Industrial Complex, Noah B. Heminger Jan 2026

The Origins And Expansion Of The Soviet Union’S Military-Industrial Complex, Noah B. Heminger

All Master's Theses

This thesis explores the way in which the “Soviet Military-Industrial Complex” that dominated the Soviet Union’s economy in the latter half of its existence came into existence and what forces caused its expansion. The first force was the ideological and strategic beliefs and assumptions of the leadership and military planners which held that the USSR would always be in existential danger. The second was Stalin’s “Revolution from Above” which broke down the barriers economically and politically that resisted the militarization of politics, economics, and society. And the final force was the stresses of World War II which caused the Soviet …


The Birth Of Afghanistan: From Ancient Persia To A Modern-Day Multiethnic And Linguistic Country, Tyler A. Worm Jan 2026

The Birth Of Afghanistan: From Ancient Persia To A Modern-Day Multiethnic And Linguistic Country, Tyler A. Worm

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

This thesis offers a comprehensive historical analysis of the formation and evolution of Afghan identity from antiquity through the early medieval period, emphasizing the region’s role as a dynamic crossroads of civilizations. It traces the origins of Afghan populations to Indo-Iranian pastoralist migrations and examines the successive influence of major imperial formations, including the Median and Achaemenid Persian empires, the conquests of Alexander and the Seleucid period, and the rise of the Kushan, Parthian, and Sasanian states. Through this longue durée approach, the study demonstrates how Afghanistan’s geographic position facilitated continuous cultural interaction, economic exchange, and political contestation, producing a …


Review Of “War, Massacre, And Recovery In Central Italy, 1943–1948” By Victoria Belco, Cindy Brown Dec 2025

Review Of “War, Massacre, And Recovery In Central Italy, 1943–1948” By Victoria Belco, Cindy Brown

Canadian Military History

Review of War, Massacre, and Recovery in Central Italy, 1943–1948 by Victoria Belco


Review Of “Hitler’S First War: Adolf Hitler, The Man Of The List Regiment, And The First World War” By Thomas Weber, Andrew Iarocci Dec 2025

Review Of “Hitler’S First War: Adolf Hitler, The Man Of The List Regiment, And The First World War” By Thomas Weber, Andrew Iarocci

Canadian Military History

Review of Hitler’s First War: Adolf Hitler, the Man of the List Regiment, and the First World War by Thomas Weber


From Guardsmen To Doughboys: The Lynchburg Musketeers In World War I, Timothy W. Brophy Dec 2025

From Guardsmen To Doughboys: The Lynchburg Musketeers In World War I, Timothy W. Brophy

Montview Journal of Research & Scholarship

“From Guardsmen to Doughboys: The Lynchburg Musketeers in World War I” traces the development of a local company of men from Lynchburg, Virginia, that went from the National Guard to the U.S. Army during World War I. The Lynchburg Musketeers was a small militia organized in the fall of 1915 that became Company L of the National Guard’s 1st Virginia Infantry Regiment in the summer of 1916. The article centers around the firsthand account of Edley Craighill, a member of the Lynchburg Musketeers, in his 1931 work, The Musketeers. After training in Lynchburg and service on the Mexican border …


“Mud, Mud, Mud To The Right Of Us”: How Canadian Reconnaissance Regiments Adapted To The Terrain Of The Scheldt Estuary, Victoria Sotvedt Dec 2025

“Mud, Mud, Mud To The Right Of Us”: How Canadian Reconnaissance Regiments Adapted To The Terrain Of The Scheldt Estuary, Victoria Sotvedt

Canadian Military History

During the Battle of the Scheldt, Canadian reconnaissance regiments played a crucial role in gathering information for their attached divisions and participating in combat operations. To be effective in this role, these regiments needed to maintain a high level of mobility and be adept at operating at or beyond the divisional front. As First Canadian Army moved into the Scheldt Estuary in autumn 1944, the reconnaissance regiments’ mobility and efficiency were challenged by the difficult terrain. These regiments therefore developed new techniques to allow them to continue fulfilling their role despite these challenges, including the adoption of new weaponry and …


A Clash Of Conflicting Priorities: Why Did The Battle For The Beveland Causeway Last Almost Three Weeks? 7 October - 24 October 1944, Robert W. Catsburg Dec 2025

A Clash Of Conflicting Priorities: Why Did The Battle For The Beveland Causeway Last Almost Three Weeks? 7 October - 24 October 1944, Robert W. Catsburg

Canadian Military History

This article examines the 2nd Canadian Division’s nearly three-week campaign to drive German forces from the Beveland Causeway, a key part of the Battle of the Scheldt. Despite having superior numbers, the Canadians—led by Brigadier Holley Keefler—were unable to break through the enemy lines at Woensdrecht. In the secondary literature, high praise is given to the skill of the German battle group, at the expense of Canadian combat effectiveness. Drawing on primary sources, this article highlights the aggravating factors that contributed to this unexpected stalemate. It shows that, independent of the courage and ability of the soldiers on the ground, …


The Clear-Up: The Anglo-American Experience In Southeastern Italy, 1943–1946, Amy Muschamp Dec 2025

The Clear-Up: The Anglo-American Experience In Southeastern Italy, 1943–1946, Amy Muschamp

Canadian Military History

As Allied forces gradually ascended Italy in the arduous Italian Campaign, the newly liberated country was left in chaos. Focusing on the often-overlooked experiences of Southeastern Italy, and in particular the area known today as the region of Molise, this article presents an analysis of the Allied clear-up operation within this tumultuous situation. The mass movement of people southwards has been described as the “real drama” of the war for those living in Molise and the experiences of the people here are representative of many in the rural south. Moreover, knowledge gained by Allied forces here would impact future operations …