Sökning: "warfare"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 82 avhandlingar innehållade ordet warfare.

  1. 1. From Frontline to Homefront : The Global Homeland in Contemporary U.S. War Fiction

    Författare :Kristen Rau; David Watson; Danuta Fjellestad; Caren Irr; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Global Homeland; derealized warfare; direct warfare; military-civilian relations; sanitization of warfare; state fantasy; War on Terror; War on Terror fiction; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : Criticized for providing a simplified depiction of a post-9/11 United States, contemporary American “War on Terror” fiction has been largely neglected by critical discourse. In this dissertation, I argue that this fiction offers a vital engagement with how the War on Terror is waged, and how the fantasies and policies of the Global Homeland inform it. LÄS MER

  2. 2. Colonialism and Iban warfare

    Författare :Ulla Wagner; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

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  3. 3. I rikets tjänst : Krig, stat och samhälle i Sverige 1450-1550

    Författare :Martin Neuding Skoog; Kurt Villads Jensen; Mats Hallenberg; Nils Erik Villstrand; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sweden; 15th Century; 16th Century; Early modern history; Military history; War; Warfare; Military enterprise; State formation; Realm; Politics and government; Politics and war; Gustav Vasa; History; historia;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the military institutions in late medieval Sweden, the military-political transition during the reign of Gustav Vasa and what consequences the military transformation had for the process of state formation. In previous research, the period after 1560 is often emphasized as the most important phase of military and political change. LÄS MER

  4. 4. Mastering Tactics : Exploring and measuring victory in battle

    Författare :Lars Henåker; Peter Thunholm; Dan Öberg; John Andreas Olsen; Försvarshögskolan; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; battle; decision-making; land warfare; manoeuvre warfare; military tactics; problem solving; victory in combat; wargames; war studies; strid; beslutsfattande; landkrigföring; manöverkrigföring; militär taktik; problemlösning; seger i strid; krigsspel; krigsstudier; Krigsvetenskap; War Studies;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation investigates effective military tactics in contemporary battle by measuring parameters behind successful and less successful tactical performance. As such, knowledge of tactics gives practitioners, scholars, and scientists in war studies a better understanding of battle results. LÄS MER

  5. 5. Stilla flyter Maas : senromersk strategi och logistik i den arkeologiska rekonstruktionen

    Författare :Mikael Dahlgren; Arkeologi; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; logistics; fortifications; Limes; frontiers; defence-in-depth; Netherlands; Belgium; Maas; Maastricht; Nijmegen; Luttwak; provincial Roman archaeology; strategy; Warfare;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation deals with antique warfare in general and late Roman warfare in particular. The overall aim is to discuss the concept of strategy in the archaeological and historical reconstruction, based on Edward N. Luttwak’s groundbreaking work The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire (1976). LÄS MER