Search for dissertations about: "psychological warfare"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words psychological warfare.

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

   Author : Kristen Rau; David Watson; Danuta Fjellestad; Caren Irr; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : 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;

   Abstract : 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. READ MORE

4. 2. Anxious Leviathan : the powerful vulnerability of strong states

   Author : Tadek Markiewicz; Philip Cunliffe; Ingvild Bode; University of Kent; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Why do strong countries implement narratives of vulnerability in their wartime public communication? This dissertation solves the puzzling practice of powerful actors pursuing identifications we commonly associate with weakness and political failure. It is the first systematic study analyzing vulnerability narratives as a practice of statecraft and warcraft. READ MORE