Search for dissertations about: "soldier"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 swedish dissertations containing the word soldier.

  2. 1. Exile Warriors : Violence and Community among Hutu Rebels in the eastern Congo

    Author : Anna Hedlund; Socialantropologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Democratic Republic of Congo; Eastern Congo; Rwanda; violence; war; rebel camp; genocide; community; Hutu; identity; structural violence; political violence; rebels; soldier; civilian; refugees; exclusion; victim; perpetrator; Goma; Bukavu; armed groups; post-genocide; conflict; anthropology;

    Abstract : This dissertation is an anthropological study of war and violence in the volatile eastern territories of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The ethnographic focus is on one of the largest rebel groups currently operating in the Congo conflicts, the Hutu-dominated Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). READ MORE

  4. 2. In the shoes of a soldier : Communication in Tim O'Brien's Vietnam narratives

    Author : Mats Tegmark; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; Engelska; English language; Engelska språket; English; engelska;

    Abstract : This is a study of the American writer Tim O'Brien's If I Die in a Combat Zone, Going After Cacciato, and The Things They Carried. Unlike previous O'Brien scholarship, which is either historical-biographical or formalistic, focusing on the contextual meaning or the literary merits of his narratives, this dissertation studies O'Brien's war narratives within a functional and communicative paradigm. READ MORE

  5. 3. The littoral role of the water-soldier (Stratiotes aloides L.)

    Author : Erik S. Brammer; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP;

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  6. 4. "...achieved nothing worthy of memory" : Coinage and authority in the Roman empire c. AD 260-295

    Author : Ragnar Hedlund; Mats Cullhed; Ursula Kampmann; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Classical archaeology and ancient history; Roman empire; soldier-emperor; crisis; propaganda; language of images; authority; legitimacy; communication; coinage; coin-imagery; war; military; court; Rome; regionalization; consecration; dynasty; divine sanction; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv;

    Abstract : This study examines how the Roman emperors c. AD. 260–295 attempt at maintaining their power-bases through legitimation of their claims to power, with reference to various potentially powerful groups of society, such as the military, the inhabitants of the provinces and the senate in Rome. READ MORE

  7. 5. The Swedish Soldier and General Mental Health Following Service in Peacekeeping Operations

    Author : Per-Olof Michel; Tom Lundin; Gerry Larsson; Lars Weisaeth; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Psychiatry; Mental health; military; peacekeeping; personality disorders; suicide.; Psykiatri; Psychiatry; Psykiatri;

    Abstract : The Scandinavian countries have a long tradition of taking part in peacekeeping missions and also of research in this field. The aim of this thesis is to continue the tradition of research and try to shed some more light on the mental health aspects of peacekeeping operations. Two methods were used to accomplish this. READ MORE