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Overview Of Soviet Strategy, Frank R. Barnett

Naval War College Review

Perhaps the most important change in the overall equation of Soviet strategy that has taken place is the result of apparent improvement in Soviet military capabilities over the past 5 years. Thus, while Moscow's strategy in the past has been largely defense-except in terms of propaganda, subversion, and political warfare is likely that her newly acquired global mobility may tempt her to engage in some overseas military adventures. I would anticipate, unhappily, that we are going to have more problems with the Soviets in the seventies than we did with them in the fifties and sixties.

Mining: A Naval Strategy, Andrew Patterson Jr.

Naval War College Review

The following historic narrative and analysis offer the reader not only a valuable review of past successes and failures of mine campaigns, but also a series of unique insights into possible roles for the mine in contemporary warfare.

Review Of History Of Armed Struggles In Kashmir By Rao Farman Ali, Inshah Malik

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

No abstract provided.

All The King’S Horses, All The King’S Elephants: The Fates Of Royal Animals In Nepal’S Post-Monarchy Period, Anne Mocko, Shaunna Barnhart

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

In May of 2008, Nepal’s 240-year-old monarchy was legally dissolved. In the wake of this dissolution, the new interim government sought to replace royal institutions, procedures, and ceremonies with new, parallel processes. One unexpected royal legacy that politicians needed to resolve was that of the former royal animals that had been connected to the position of the King. The king of Nepal and palace institutions had been responsible for the welfare of a range of animals: private royal horses, a palace dairy herd, elephants in Chitwan, and an aviary of pheasants. Many of Nepal’s ex-royal animals have survived for years …

The Resource Curse: A Look Into The Implications Of An Abundance Of Natural Resources In The Democratic Republic Of Congo, Erin Nichols

Scholarly Horizons: University of Minnesota, Morris Undergraduate Journal

This paper’s purpose was to look at why the Democratic Republic of the Congo faces consistent economic and political instability despite having an abundance of natural resources. The goal was to connect the economic instability and overall downfall of the Congolese government with the notion of the resource curse which focuses on the concept that countries who have an abundance of natural resources tend to have less economic growth and experience more conflict. This has been done by examining the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s past of colonization as well as its current issues such as conflicts within and near …

“Breathless Zeal And Careless Confidence”: German Propaganda In World War I (1914-1918), Elisabeth Fondren

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This study examines the building and rethinking of German propaganda institutions during World War I. The goal of this dissertation is to illustrate the evolution of German government ideas on propaganda between 1914-1918.

During the war, German military leaders, politicians, and diplomats had ambitions to change, reform and modernize approaches to media governance. They were losing the battle of ideas, they realized early on. And so German officials were desperate to make propaganda fit into the structure of government; they tried to use new media technologies to be more persuasive. Although there was an abundance of ideas, all of their …

Admiral Raymond A. Spruance And The Naval War College Part Ii—From Student To Warrior, Thomas B. Buell

Naval War College Review

Part II of this biography picks up with a letter of reprimand that Commander Spruance had received from the Secretary of the Navy. His experiences as a student and two subsequent tours on the faculty of the Naval War College made him a master artisan in the profession of naval warfare.

The Laws Of Air Warfare: Are There Any?, Hamilton Desaussure

Naval War College Review

At the present time there is virtually a complete lack of codified international law concerning the rules of aerial warfare. As a result there exist no generally accepted norms regarding such matters as target selection, weapons, or the status of captured aircrewmen.

Feminist Tweets To Trump: How To Find Commonality In Diversity, Sally Kitch

Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education

No abstract provided.

Tactics Revival At The Nwc, William K. Yates

Naval War College Review

In the new War College curriculum instituted in September 1972, "tactics" was one of the three disciplines taught in the new curricula of both the senior and junior courses. The rationale for studying strategy and management at the War College seemed self-evident, but why tactics? We had come to believe that tactics was a specialized subject which belonged in the domain of functional warfare schools. Tactics is taught in the Fleet ASW School, Air Training Command, Submarine School, and Fleet Anti-Air Warfare School. Yet tactics had virtually disappeared as a subject of study at the Naval War College.

The Role Of Riverine Warfare In The Civil War, John F. Dillon

Naval War College Review

With the possible exception of the American Revolution, the war between the States marked this country's history and psyche as has no other. Measured in terms of sacrifice that touched almost every home, of battles fought and Jives lost, it was the greatest war in the history of the Nation prior to Pearl Harbor. The tattered flags from its fields of glory are treasured, North and South. Monuments to its heroes stand in all our older cities. 1

Correspondence Course Descriptions, Robert M. Laske

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.

Mine Warfare And International Law, Howard S. Levie

Naval War College Review

The insufficiency in which the 1907 Hague Peace Conference was able to deal with the problem of placing some international controls on mine warfare at sea is amply demonstrated in the mining campaigns of both World Wars.

President's Notes: Challenge!, B. J. Semmes Jr.

Naval War College Review

Since its establishment in 1884, the U.S. Naval War College has provided advanced education in the science of naval warfare and related subjects to hundreds of senior naval officers, enhancing their professional competence for higher command responsibilities.

Law Of Naval Warfare, William O. Miller

Naval War College Review

International law has too often been considered by the layman to be solely the concern of the international lawyer. However, inasmuch as international law pertains to the rights and obligations claimed by all who use the world's oceans, it forms a part of the legitimate concerns of every Navy man.

International Energy Geopolitics, Bert Chapman

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

Overview of international energy geopolitical trends. Emphasizes the importance of the Persian Gulf, South China Sea, East China Sea, Russia, and the Arctic to U.S. and international economic and strategic developments. Stresses the continuing importance of fossil fuels in domestic and international energy consumption, the variety of energy sources being used by various global regions, the potential for military conflict over access to natural resources, and how emerging energy leaders will determine global energy, environmental, and international security developments.

January & February 1975 Issue, The U.S. Naval War College

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Perception In Naval Diplomacy, Kenneth R. Mcgruther

Naval War College Review

As part of the Naval Presence mission, victory became dependent not on the actual warfare capabilities of the forces, but on their ability to make other actors in the crisis perceive a level of commitment to certain goals.

May-June 1974 Review, The U.S. Naval War College

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.

Missions Of The U.S. Navy, Stansfield Turner

Naval War College Review

Observers of military affairs will have noted a changed naval lexicon over the past several years. To those accustomed to phrases such as "sea power," "command of the seas," "commerce warfare," and "amphibious warfare," the new terms, "Strategic Deterrence," "Sea Control," "Presence" may seem to be just a new jargon. Not so. Since 1970 there has been a redefinition of traditional U.S. naval roles and mission s. The primary purpose of this redefinition is to force the Navy to think in terms of output rather than input.

The Psychological Dimension In National Security Planning, Robert F. Delaney

Naval War College Review

Few aspects of modern warfare and statecraft are as alien to American thinking as psychological warfare and psychological operations (PSYOPS). Confusion surrounding the concept of psychological operations in this country begins with the terminology itself inasmuch as we as a nation have dealt with propaganda, information (and its uncomfortable ally-culture), political warfare, psychological warfare, and psychological operations without really thinking of each as interrelated and dependent for its -success upon a coordinated whole.

Habsburg’S Last War: The Filmic Memory (1918 To The Present), Hannes Leidinger

Habsburg's Last War: The Filmic Memory (1918 to the Present)

A divergent survey of scholarship on World War I cinema produced in succession countries of the Habsburg Empire. This untapped body of film records a contentious phase in world history, from the perspective of an often misunderstood, yet pivotal, region. The volume gathers scholarly essays exploring the intersections between the political, historical, and aesthetic, as expressed in the region’s various “moving pictures,” with sustained attention to the relationship between artistic representation and collective memory.

The Veterans' Lethal Memory Of Battle: The Turmoil Of Moral Injury, Nouf Arige

Student Theses

After the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, returning veterans battle a severe form of moral trauma that is recently recognized by psychologists and analysts as “moral injury”. This moral and psychological wound has a deep impact on these veterans who return home emotionally wrecked, changed and in need for urgent care, emotional support and medical intervention. The term “moral injury” has social, emotional and psychological effects on returning veterans, and it has its distinct qualities from PTSD. Despite the mediocre academic debate about the existence of the term or its prevalence among veterans, enough evidence has been provided to elicit the …

Co-Colonizing: The Ecological Impacts Of Settler Colonialism In The American Supercontinent, Nicolas Cruz

Undergraduate Project Award

Nicolás’s project began with realizing that Ecology and Indigenous/Settler Colonial Studies used the same language but not the same frameworks to discuss concepts of invasion ecology and human colonization. His project aimed to synthesize his majors in Biology and Sociology and to cross-pollinate their methodologies and frameworks. His persistent and varied research, deep engagement with sources, and consultation with faculty and peers resulted in thoughtful and original research. Mark Jordan, the faculty overseeing this Senior Synthesis project wrote, “He took on a challenging topic that merged his two majors (biology and sociology) into an interdisciplinary work of his own creation …

Mitigating Interference With Knowledge-Aided Subarray Pattern Synthesis And Space Time Adaptive Processing, Yongjun Yoon

Theses and Dissertations

Phased arrays are essential to airborne ground moving target indication (GMTI), as they measure the spatial angle-of-arrival of the target, clutter, and interference signals. The spatial and Doppler (temporal) frequency is utilized by space-time adaptive processing (STAP) to separate and filter out the interference from the moving target returns. Achieving acceptable airborne GMTI performance often requires fairly large arrays, but the size, weight and power (SWAP) requirements, cost and complexity considerations often result in the use of subarrays. This yields an acceptable balance between cost and performance while lowering the system’s robustness to interference. This thesis proposes the use of …

Optimal Deployment Of Distant Support Jamming Formation Based On Directional Crossover Genetic Algorithm, Jinliang Luo, Jiacai Jin, Wang Lei, Ding Feng

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Optimal deployment of distant support jamming formation is studied for improving penetration capability of air assault group in air offensive operation. The total detection threats of penetration route are chosen as the performance indicator, and the optimal deployment mode of distant support jamming formation is built. The closed region detection method is used to compute fitness value. The difficult problem of computing detection coverage of radar net under jamming condition is solved by using traditional geometry analytic method. A selective directional crossover genetic algorithm is designed to compute the optimal deployment mode. The simulation results show that the algorithm …

Identification Of A Rhythmic Firing Pattern In The Enteric Nervous System That Generates Rhythmic Electrical Activity In Smooth Muscle, Nick J. Spencer, Timothy J. Hibberd, Lee Travis, Lukasz Wiklendt, Marcello Costa, Hongzhen Hu, Simon J. Brookes, David A. Wattchow, Phil G. Dinning, Damien J. Keating, Julian Sorensen

Open Access Publications

The enteric nervous system (ENS) contains millions of neurons essential for organization of motor behavior of the intestine. It is well established that the large intestine requires ENS activity to drive propulsive motor behaviors. However, the firing pattern of the ENS underlying propagating neurogenic contractions of the large intestine remains unknown. To identify this, we used high-resolution neuronal imaging with electrophysiology from neighboring smooth muscle. Myoelectric activity underlying propagating neurogenic contractions along murine large intestine [also referred to as colonic migrating motor complexes, (CMMCs)] consisted of prolonged bursts of rhythmic depolarizations at a frequency of ∼2 Hz. Temporal coordination of …

Duty To Render Assistance To Mariners In Distress During Armed Conflict At Sea: A U.S. Perspective, Raul (Pete) Pedrozo

International Law Studies

In 2017, the International Committee of the Red Cross published an updated Commentary on the Second Geneva Convention. One question left unanswered by the new Commentary is the relationship between international humanitarian law and other international treaties applicable to the maritime domain, such as the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and treaties adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The Second Geneva Convention establishes a legal framework for the humane treatment and protection of victims of armed conflict at sea—the wounded, sick and shipwrecked. There are circumstances, however, in which the belligerents do not have the …

Sticking To Their Guns: The Missing Rma For Cybersecurity, Lior Tabansky

Military Cyber Affairs

Why has cybered conflict disrupted the security of the most developed nations? A foreign adversary contemplating an attack on a developed nation's heartland certainly faces multiple state-run military-grade lines of defense on land, sea and air. A foreign adversary launching a direct cyber-attack on a non-military homeland target will meet none. Armed forces do not shield a society from cyber-attacks originated by foreign adversaries, no longer provide a buffer between the enemy and homeland, nor can they identify the attacker after an attack occurred.

Adversaries succeed in waging cybered conflict against the U.S. and its allies. Having repeatedly inflicted economic …

Reflections On The Strategy Of A Continental Commander: Admiral Franz Hipper On Naval Warfare, Tobias R. Philbin Iii

Naval War College Review

There are many similarities in the strategic position of Germany before 1914 and the Soviet Union today. Analogy is no substitute for analysis, but insight into past events can educate our minds—and those of our potential enemies as well—so that we are better able to gain wise and valid insights into current and future situations.