Search for dissertations about: "warfare"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 60 swedish dissertations containing the word 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. Colonialism and Iban warfare

    Author : Ulla Wagner; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

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  5. 3. Mastering Tactics : Exploring and measuring victory in battle

    Author : Lars Henåker; Peter Thunholm; Dan Öberg; John Andreas Olsen; Försvarshögskolan; []
    Keywords : 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;

    Abstract : 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. READ MORE

  6. 4. The Viking Way : Religion and War in Late Iron Age Scandinavia

    Author : Neil Price; Martin Carver; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; Viking Age; Vikings; Óðinn; seiðr; sorcery; shamanism; warfare; Norse religion; Norse mythology; Sámi; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; arkeologi; Archaeology;

    Abstract : The social role of magic is a prevalent theme of the medieval Icelandic sagas that claim to describe life several centuries earlier in the Viking Age, and indeed also saturates the Eddic poetry that is our primary source for the mythology and cosmology of the time. However, little archaeological or historical research has been done to explore what this aspect of ritual may really have meant to the men and women of late Iron Age Scandinavia. READ MORE

  7. 5. Western economic warfare 1947-1967 : a case study in foreign economic policy

    Author : Gunnar Adler-Karlsson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

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