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The American imperial aspirations to dominate international aviation struggled to overcome domestic and international opposition. United States presidents from the late 1920s and early 1930s adopted a strategy of providing Pan American...
Now I Am in Distant Germany, It Could Be That I Will Die: Colonial Precedent, Wartime Contingency, and Crisis Mentality in the Transition from Subjugation to Decimation of Foreign Workers in the Nazi Ruhr
By the end of the Second World War over half a million foreign civilians were living within the confines of a system of forced labor in and around the Ruhr region of Germany. While the use of some degree of coercion had characterized...
This thesis examines the role of the German Confederation in the military affairs of pre-1848 Germany, specifically the Bundesheer, or Federal Army, of the Confederation. By observing the creation of the Federal Army, the military crises...
In one sense, the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 constitute the only nuclear war ever fought. Because of this, information on the wide breadth of topics pertinent to warfare—tactics, strategies, weapons effects, etc....
The historiography of the early American navy and, more definitively, the USS Constitution's role in American consciousness revolve around the valorous acts associated with the naval engagement between the Constitution and the HMS...
This paper analyzes Russian labor camps as represented in 19th and 20th century literature. A background on the history of the development of labor camps is provided in order to help develop a significant understanding of how and why the...
This work is focused on the impact and influence of Dr. Donald D. Horward on studies of the French Revolution and First Empire from 1960-present. It can be used as a lens to understand the development, expansion, and contraction of...
In January 1943, following the successful Allied invasion of North Africa, top military and political leaders discussed the best course of action to defeat the Axis powers in Western Europe. President Roosevelt and Prime Minister...
The "Cliveden Set" was a 1930s, upper class group of prominent individuals who were politically influential in Britain during the interwar period. The group's members included notable politicians, journalist, and aristocrats such as...
My thesis explores how Napoleon and his bureaucrats crafted justifications for five sensitive shifts in domestic policy from 1804 to 1815. More specifically, how the Napoleonic state used the official press organ of the French government...
This work employs historical memory as a theoretical framework in which to explore racial violence in Florida in the 1920s. Focusing on Baker County and Taylor County, I explore the ways in which white memory was (and is) commemorated in...
Charles Stuart returned to his native country after fourteen years in exile. His subjects had just endured eleven years of military dictatorship under Oliver Cromwell and wanted a return to the days of monarchy. On 25 May 1660, Charles...
The theme of abuse, often sexual abuse, of imprisoned women in Russian literature can be observed throughout literary history, yet is rarely the focus of the work in question. When comparing literary depictions of the imprisonment of...
This qualitative study, which examines media representation issues of China’s Zhuang people and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region, is based on a content analysis of the People’s Daily, the official media organ of the Chinese Communist...
The rise of college symbols and mascots related to the American landscape directly correlates with the rapid changes stemming from industrialization and urbanization occurring in American culture between the late-nineteenth century and...
In 1905, Germany's chief of the General Staff, Alfred von Schlieffen crafted the "Schlieffen Plan" in an effort to solve what he saw as the civil-military and strategic problems then facing the country. It was an ambitious strategic plan...
Depictions of China and Chinese culture and influence are prominent in Vladimir Sorokin's fiction from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. This thesis argues that Sorokin's depictions of China are based off of actual geopolitical...
This dissertation examines how the implementation of Enlightenment ideas in the French Revolution gave birth to a new secular conception of the state and the invention of a new religion. I argue that Jean-Jacques Rousseau, representing...
Frequently dismissed in popular culture, civil defense conjures images of Bert the Turtle cheerfully retreating into his shell after a cartoon explosion. Though Bert's advice was meant for children, there were countless versions of the...
This paper examines human rights violations in Ukraine, attributed to Russia and the self-proclaimed 'republics' of Donetsk and Luhansk. These violations include cases of arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, torture and ill...
This project explores the impact of the French Revolution on the creation and maintenance of states and alliances in the Western Mediterranean between 1789 and 1796. The radicalization of French foreign policy due to the Revolution...
The popular narrative surrounding the creation and development of American airborne forces maintains that Infantry officers were in a constant struggle with Air Corps officers over control of the project. The archival record suggests a...
This study focuses on the American liberation experiences when encountering Nazi atrocities in occupied areas, concentration camps, and prisoner of war (POW) camps. While highlighting the plight of Jewish, political, military, and other...
This study examines how Forrest Carlisle Pogue (1912 - 1996) critically influenced the writing of official United States military history and helped validate oral history as a legitimate historical resource in the late twentieth century....
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