Sökning: "second world war"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 162 avhandlingar innehållade orden second world war.

  1. 6. A world reformed? : the United States and European security from Reagan to Clinton

    Författare :Mike Winnerstig; Erik Beukel; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; United States of America; realism; geopolitics; liberalism; constructivism; Cold War; balance of power; democratic peace; NATO; European Union.; statsvetenskap; Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : The research aim of this study is to answer the following question: What kind of security strategies did the United States conduct toward Europe during the period 1981 through 1997 ( and why? In order to answer this question, three auxiliary questions are asked. Firstly, what was the U.S. LÄS MER

  3. 7. De små båtarna och den stora flykten : Arkeologi i spåren av andra världskrigets baltiska flyktbåtar

    Författare :Mirja Arnshav; Mats Burström; Simon Ekström; Björn Magnusson Staaf; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology of the contemporary past; materiality; Second World War; object biography; material culture; memory; cultural heritage; boats; escape; boat refugees; Estonian Swedes; Coastal Swedes; Estonia; the Baltic states; Samtidsarkeologi; arkeologi; andra världskriget; objektbiografi; Materiell kultur; minne; kulturarv; materialitet; båtar; flykt; båtflyktingar; estlandssvenskar; Estland; Baltikum; Archaeology with General Specialisation; arkeologi med inriktning mot allmän arkeologi;

    Sammanfattning : The Baltic states, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, were occupied no less than three times during the Second World War. Faced with a reign of terror, the threat of deportation, and compulsory conscription, over 30,000 people fled over the Baltic Sea to Sweden. LÄS MER

  4. 8. The Politics of Combat : The Political and Strategic Impact of Tactical-Level Subcultures, 1939-1995

    Författare :Tony Ingesson; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; implementation; Public Administration; civil-military relations; strategic; tactical; military; combat; war; security; strategic corporal; submarines; u-boats; Yom Kippur War; WWII; Bosnia War; Nordbat; Dutchbat; Srebrenica; Song My; My Lai; Ubootwaffe; Dönitz; Totenkopfverbände; Eicke; Concentration camps; Holocaust; atrocities; subcultures;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation argues that lower-level military leaders, commanding between a dozen and a few hundred troops, can have a major political and strategic impact. Furthermore, it is argued that the decisions made by these lower-level military leaders are shaped by subcultures, in particular under conditions of stress and uncertainty. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Nordens Frihet : Samfundet, tidningen, kretsen

    Författare :Tora Byström; Bosse Sundin; Per Wisselgren; Jonas Hansson; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; The Association Nordens Frihet; the Magazine Nordens Frihet; circles; network; friendship; the Second World War; the Finnish Winter War; the Finnish Continuation War; political core concepts; Scandinavia; Nordic union; anti-Nazism; anti-Communism; neutrality; democracy; liberal; the Cold War.; Samfundet Nordens Frihet; tidningen Nordens Frihet; krets; nätverk; vänskap; andra världskriget; finska vinterkriget; finska fortsättningskriget; politiska kärnbegrepp; Norden; nordisk union; antinazism; antikommunism; demokrati; liberal; nationell; neutralitet; kalla kriget.; History of science and ideas; Idé- o lärdomshistoria; idé- och lärdomshistoria; History Of Sciences and Ideas;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis deals with "Samfundet Nordens Frihet" ['The Association Scandinavia’s Freedom'], its magazine with the same name, Nordens Frihet, and the circle that constituted the magazine’s editorial committee. Nordens Frihet was founded as a direct consequence of the outbreak of the Finnish Winter War on November 30 1939 and was a very active part of the Swedish Finland Movement. LÄS MER

  7. 10. Between the devil and the deep blue sea: Trade negotiations between the Western Allies and the Scandinavian neutrals, 1914-1919

    Författare :Knut Ola Naastad Strøm; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Trade; the Great War; Scandinavia; economic warfare; World War I; The First World War; blockade; trade negotiations;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis analyses the interplay between Western Allied policymakers and the governments of Denmark, Norway and Sweden during the Great War. It explores to what extent Allied economic warfare authorities were able to dictate terms to their Scandinavian counterparts on matters of trade policy between, and examines whether there is such a thing as a “Scandinavian experience” of the Allied blockade of Germany. LÄS MER