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The Internet, New Media, And The Evolution Of Insurgency, Steven Metz Sep 2012

The Internet, New Media, And The Evolution Of Insurgency, Steven Metz

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


“Savages” In The Service Of Empire: Native American Soldiers In Gorham's Rangers, 1744–1762, Brian D. Carroll Sep 2012

“Savages” In The Service Of Empire: Native American Soldiers In Gorham's Rangers, 1744–1762, Brian D. Carroll

History Faculty Scholarship

Gorham's Rangers, initially an all-Indian ranger company, was instrumental in Britain's conquest of Nova Scotia (Acadia) during the eighteenth century. In the process of uncovering that story, the essay assesses New England Indians’ role in shaping colonial frontier warfare as well as the impact of military service on Native American communities.


The Third Meeting Of States Parties To The Convention On Cluster Munitions (2012), Ccm Sep 2012

The Third Meeting Of States Parties To The Convention On Cluster Munitions (2012), Ccm

Global CWD Repository

The Third Meeting of States Parties (3MSP) took place in Oslo, Norway, from 11 to 14 September 2012 and gathered some 800 delegates from 60 States Parties, 30 signatory States, 31 observer States and 15 international organizations (see list below).The 3MSP was opened by Dr. Adnan Mansour, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants of the Republic of Lebanon. During the first plenary meeting, Ambassador Steffen Kongstad, Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva, was elected by the Meeting as President of the 3MSP.


Coin Is Dead—Long Live Transformation, Cora Ford, Patrick Rose, Howard Body Sep 2012

Coin Is Dead—Long Live Transformation, Cora Ford, Patrick Rose, Howard Body

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Editor's Shelf, Usawc Press Sep 2012

Editor's Shelf, Usawc Press

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Off The Press, Usawc Press Sep 2012

Off The Press, Usawc Press

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


The Unprecedented Assimilation Of Mobile Telephony In Ireland: A Phenomenon Of The Celtic Tiger Era Or A Result Of Cultural Traits?, Andreas Scheibelhut Sep 2012

The Unprecedented Assimilation Of Mobile Telephony In Ireland: A Phenomenon Of The Celtic Tiger Era Or A Result Of Cultural Traits?, Andreas Scheibelhut

Masters


Following the universal acceptance of mobile telephony the once elitist gadget has become an indispensable democratic tool of everyday communications over the last three decades. Controversially, this thesis illustrates that its level of both adoption and usage did not develop in a similar homogenous pattern in selected OECD countries. In particular, the Irish performance is rather astonishing given the speed of adoption as well as the exceptional high revenue figures achieved by the wireless operators. Consequently, this work determines a selection of factors that drive and encourage both the adoption and usage of cellular telephony in Ireland. The Irish experience …


I Hear The Train A Comin'-An Interview With Timo Hannay, Managing Director Of Digital Science, Greg Tananbaum Sep 2012

I Hear The Train A Comin'-An Interview With Timo Hannay, Managing Director Of Digital Science, Greg Tananbaum

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


From The Reference Desk-Reviews Of Reference Titles, Tom Gilson Sep 2012

From The Reference Desk-Reviews Of Reference Titles, Tom Gilson

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Russia And The Current State Of Arms Control, Stephen J. Blank Dr. Sep 2012

Russia And The Current State Of Arms Control, Stephen J. Blank Dr.

Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies

Arms control remains the central issue in U.S.-Russian relations for many reasons,including the respective capabilities of these two states and their consequent responsibility for preventing both nuclear proliferation and the outbreak of war between them. The bilateral relationship is usually directly proportional to the likelihood of their finding common ground on arms control. To the extent that they can find such ground, chances for an agreement on what have been the more intractable issues of regional security in Eurasia and the Third World grow, and the converse is equally true. The chapters in this volume focus on Russian developments in …


Lead Me, Follow Me, Or Get Out Of My Way: Rethinking And Refining The Civil-Military Relationship, Mark R. Shulman Dr. Sep 2012

Lead Me, Follow Me, Or Get Out Of My Way: Rethinking And Refining The Civil-Military Relationship, Mark R. Shulman Dr.

Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies

This monograph explains why robust civil-military relations matter and discusses how they are evolving. Part I discusses A More Perfect Military: How the Constitution Can Make Our Military Stronger by Diane Mazur, a book that examines the jurisprudence that has reshaped civil-military relations. Mazur maintains that since the Vietnam era, the U.S. Supreme Court has hewn the armed forces from general society in order to create a separate—and more socially conservative—sphere. Part II discusses The Decline and Fall of the American Republic by Bruce Ackerman, a wise and wide-ranging book which argues that the nation’s polity is in decline and …


The Prospects For Security Sector Reform In Tunisia: A Year After The Revolution, Querine Hanlon Dr. Sep 2012

The Prospects For Security Sector Reform In Tunisia: A Year After The Revolution, Querine Hanlon Dr.

Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies

In the year since the revolution, Tunisia has achieved what no other Arab Spring country has managed: peaceful transition to democratic rule through national elections widely viewed to be free and fair. The legacy of the previous regime, however, remains. Dr. Querine Hanlon assesses the prospects for Security Sector Reform (SSR) in Tunisia and concludes that Tunisia’s new government faces major challenges dismantling and reorienting the mandate and institutional culture of Tunisia’s labyrinth of security institutions. Serious SSR will be critical for building trust in the new governments and its security institutions and essential if Tunisia’s transition to democratic rule …


Perspectives On Russian Foreign Policy, Stephen J. Blank Dr. Sep 2012

Perspectives On Russian Foreign Policy, Stephen J. Blank Dr.

Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies

The essays gathered here represent a panel at SSI’s annual Russia conference in 2011. They focus on the analysis of Russian foreign policy both on its material side or actual conduct as well as on the cognitive bases of Russian thinking about international affairs and Russian national security. They span much of the gamut of that foreign policy and also show its strong linkages to the Russian historical tradition and to the imperatives of Russian domestic development.


Gambling On Genes: Ambiguity Aversion Explains Investment In Sisters' Children, Brishti Guha Sep 2012

Gambling On Genes: Ambiguity Aversion Explains Investment In Sisters' Children, Brishti Guha

Research Collection School Of Economics

Many men invest in their sisters’ children instead of their wives’. Existing theories addressing such behavior depend on the level of paternity probability in such men’s societies being implausibly low. I link this anthropologically observed investment behavior with the experimentally observed phenomenon that some individuals are ambiguity averse. Arguing that men’s decisions are made under ambiguity, I show that an increase in ambiguity aversion results in investment in sisters’, rather than wives’, children. I show that this can happen even under risk neutrality. I also consider the special cases of a SEU maximizer and of extreme ambiguity aversion in the …


Our Mothers Have Spoken: Synthesizing Old And New Forms Of Women’S Political Authority In Liberia, Mary Moran Sep 2012

Our Mothers Have Spoken: Synthesizing Old And New Forms Of Women’S Political Authority In Liberia, Mary Moran

Journal of International Women's Studies

This paper argues that the 2005 election of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to the Liberian presidency is best understood in the historical and cultural context of pre-war authority-bearing positions available to women, rather than as an outcome of the Liberian civil war itself. Against a literature that tends to view “traditional” African societies as hostile to both democracy and women’s rights, I contend that gender, conflict, and democracy are inter-twined in more complex relationships. Post-conflict societies such as Liberia are interesting not only as sites of intervention by international organizations seeking to capitalize on the “window of opportunity” available to re-make …


Driving Towards Success In The Air Force Cyber Mission: Leveraging Our Heritage To Shape Our Future, David Fadok, Richard Raines Sep 2012

Driving Towards Success In The Air Force Cyber Mission: Leveraging Our Heritage To Shape Our Future, David Fadok, Richard Raines

Faculty Publications

Ongoing debates address what constitutes cyber warfare and whether or not we really are at war in cyberspace. This article does not enter into those issues; rather, it suggests how the Air Force and Air University should move forward to lead and support our nation’s cyber security needs. Thus, it focuses on analogous lessons learned from history, our position today and what it needs to be, and plans for getting there with respect to our cyberspace capabilities.


Real Time Ddos Detection Using Fuzzy Estimators, Sn Shiaeles, V Katos, As Karakos, Bk Papadopoulos Sep 2012

Real Time Ddos Detection Using Fuzzy Estimators, Sn Shiaeles, V Katos, As Karakos, Bk Papadopoulos

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

We propose a method for DDoS detection by constructing a fuzzy estimator on the mean packet inter arrival times. We divided the problem into two challenges, the first being the actual detection of the DDoS event taking place and the second being the identification of the offending IP addresses. We have imposed strict real time constraints for the first challenge and more relaxed constraints for the identification of addresses. Through empirical evaluation we confirmed that the detection can be completed within improved real time limits and that by using fuzzy estimators instead of crisp statistical descriptors we can avoid the …


Florida Sentinel Bulletin, August 31, 2012, Gwen Hayes Aug 2012

Florida Sentinel Bulletin, August 31, 2012, Gwen Hayes

Florida Sentinel Bulletin Collection

The August 31, 2012, issue of the Florida Sentinel Bulletin. Included are articles on the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida.


Chanticleer | Vol 61, Issue 1, Jacksonville State University Aug 2012

Chanticleer | Vol 61, Issue 1, Jacksonville State University

Chanticleer

No abstract provided.


Educational Infrastructural Development In Bangladesh: A Comparative Rural And Urban Community Context Study Of Government Primary Schools In Bangladesh, Minhajul Meje Aug 2012

Educational Infrastructural Development In Bangladesh: A Comparative Rural And Urban Community Context Study Of Government Primary Schools In Bangladesh, Minhajul Meje

Urban Studies Masters Theses

This research examines the physical infrastructural issues that exist in Bangladesh’s public primary schools. While, the possible solutions proposed in this study are short term, further studies are needed to evaluate and develop long-term solutions to existing issues in Bangladesh’s schools. This study aspires to show the need of further investigation which should be conducted in a large scale over an extended period of time. I hope this research sheds proper light on the need for educational development in Bangladesh and that the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education in Bangladesh take further initiatives to better the primary education system …


Florida Sentinel Bulletin, August 28, 2012, Gwen Hayes Aug 2012

Florida Sentinel Bulletin, August 28, 2012, Gwen Hayes

Florida Sentinel Bulletin Collection

The August 28, 2012, issue of the Florida Sentinel Bulletin.


Book Reviews, Criticism Editors Aug 2012

Book Reviews, Criticism Editors

Criticism

Music in English Renaissance Drama (John H. Long) (Reviewed by John P. Cutts, Wayne State University)

The Classic Chinese Novel: A Critical Introduction (C. T. Hsia) (Reviewed by H. C. Chuang, University of California, Berkeley)

Tbe Eloquent "I": Style and Self in Seventeentb-Century Prose (Joan Webber) (Reviewed by Leonard Nathanson, Vanderbilt University)

Carlyle and the Idea of the Modern: Studies in Carlyle's Prophetic Literature And Its Relation to Blake, Nietzsche, Marx, and Others (Albert J. LaValley) (Reviewed by G. B. Tennyson, University of California, Los Angeles)

Joyce Cary: The Developing Style (Jack Wolkenfeld) (Reviewed by Charles G. Hoffmann, University of …


Book Reviews, Criticism Editors Aug 2012

Book Reviews, Criticism Editors

Criticism

The Rhetorical World of Augustan Humanism: Ethics and Imagery from Swift to Burke (Paul Fussell) (Reviewed by A. Dayle Wallace, Wayne State University)

Romantic Poets and the Epic Tradition (Brian Wilkie) (Reviewed by Robert F. Gleckner, University of California, Riverside)

Shelley's "Prometheus Unbound": A Critical Reading (Earl R. Wasserman) (Reviewed by Carl Woodring, Columbia University)

Mark Twain, Ecrivain de l'Ouest: Regionalisme et humour (Bernard Polio) (Reviewed by Everett Carter, University of California, Davis)

Dostoevsky's Quest for Form: A Study of his Philosophy of Art (Robert Louis Jackson) (Reviewed by Lee T. Lemon, University of Nebraska)

ReJoyce (Anthony Burgess) (Reviewed by …


The Daily Gamecock, Monday, August 27, 2012, The University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media Aug 2012

The Daily Gamecock, Monday, August 27, 2012, The University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

August

No abstract provided.


The Daily Egyptian, August 27, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff Aug 2012

The Daily Egyptian, August 27, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

August 2012

No abstract provided.


Immigration In France: How French Perception Affects Muslim Integration, Brittany P. Eisenhut Aug 2012

Immigration In France: How French Perception Affects Muslim Integration, Brittany P. Eisenhut

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection

In this paper I examine the process of Muslim immigrants' integration, probing into the negative French perceptions of immigrants and how these perceptions may affect the process of integration and assimilation. I begin with a brief overview of French history as related to Muslim societies and how French culture and policies have evolved to their current state, such as the new strict policy on identity card renewal and the promise to integrate if accepted into the country. Next I deal strictly with immigration in France, including the policies and procedures of the French government and the perceptions of the French …


Heeding Woolf’S Great Teacher: Uncovering And Defusing An Education In “Unreal Loyalties”, Stacy Otto Aug 2012

Heeding Woolf’S Great Teacher: Uncovering And Defusing An Education In “Unreal Loyalties”, Stacy Otto

Democracy & Education

In her 1938 epistolary novel and educational treatise, Three Guineas, Virginia Woolf discusses “freedom from unreal loyalties” as key to educating for peace rather than for war, as was the concern in Woolf’s time and remarkably remains of serious concern seventy-odd years later. This essay analyzes how modern-day, post-9/11 U.S. public education is influenced by a whole range of unreal loyalties and, in fact, how we as educators reify and reinscribe these. The argument uses Woolf’s text as a theoretical frame to analyze select aspects of U.S. public education, concluding with an exploration of the meaning and value of …


Navajo Peacemaking And Māori Restorative Justice: A Comparison Of Process And Procedure, Alethia Z. Fenney Aug 2012

Navajo Peacemaking And Māori Restorative Justice: A Comparison Of Process And Procedure, Alethia Z. Fenney

Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)

Due to the failure of some crime control approaches in law enforcement alternatives are being examined to determine their applicability in today's society. One of the approaches gaining criminological attention is "Navajo Peacemaking". another similar style of crime control is the Māori restorative justice process used in New Zealand. The purposed of this research study is to examine and compare these processes to determine their applicability as crime prevention tools in U.S. towns and cities. Walter Miller's Focal Concerns Theory was used to address the difference in motivation between mainstream culture and its subcultures. The results from this study demonstrated …


Book Reviews, Criticism Editors Aug 2012

Book Reviews, Criticism Editors

Criticism

Soviet Semiotics: An Anthology (Daniel P. Lucid) (Reviewed by Gerald Prince, University of Pennsylvania)

The Gothic Visionary Perspective (Barbara Nolan) (Reviewed by Donald R. Howard, Stanford University)

Medieval French Literature and Law (R. Howard Bloch) (Reviewed by Robert Edwards, State University of New York at Buffalo)

Home at Grasnzere (William Wordsworth) (Reviewed by Laurence Goldstein, The University of Michigan)

The Victorian Critic and the Idea of History: Carlyle, Arnold, Pater (Peter Allan Dale) (Reviewed by Clyde de L. Ryals, Duke University)

Charles Churchill (Raymond J. Smith) (Reviewed by Alan Fisher, University of Washington)

The Chronicle of Leopold and Molly Bloom: …


Book Reviews, Criticism Editors Aug 2012

Book Reviews, Criticism Editors

Criticism

The Gaping Pig: Literature and Metamorphosis (Irving Massey) (Reviewed by Charles Baxter, Wayne State University)

Process of Speech: Puritan Religious Writing and Paradise Lost (Boyd M. Berry) (Reviewed by William E. Cain, The John Hopkins University)

The Novels of Theodore Dreiser (Donald Pizer) (Reviewed by Linda W. Wagner, Michigan State University)

A Glossary of Faulkner's South (Calvin S. Brown) (Reviewed by Linda W. Wagner, Michigan State University)

Marlowe, Tamburlaine, and Magic (James Robinson Howe) (Reviewed by Wayne Shumaker, University of California, Berkeley)

Folklore and Fakelore: Essays Toward a Discipline of Folk Studies (Richard M. Dorson) (Reviewed by Michael J. Bell, …