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Aviation War Risk Insurance: Background and Options for Congress
This report discusses aviation war risk insurance that provides coverage for hostile acts of violence against airlines, such as terrorism, hijackings, and sabotage.
Date:
September 5, 2014
Creator:
Elias, Bart; Tang, Rachel Y. & Webel, Baird
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
War in the Pacific: A Chronology January 1, 1941 through September 30, 1945
Text outlining major events in the Pacific Theater throughout World War II, organized by date. It also includes text for the Instrument of Surrender, appendices containing military and war data, a bibliography, and list of related Web sites.
Date:
March 2014
Creator:
Hyland, George O., III
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
International Learning and the Diffusion of Civil Conflict
Why does civil conflict spread from country to country? Existing research relies primarily on explanations of rebel mobilization tied to geographic proximity to explain this phenomenon. However, this approach is unable to explain why civil conflict appears to spread across great geographic distances, and also neglects the government’s role in conflict. To explain this phenomenon, this dissertation formulates an informational theory in which individuals contemplating rebellion against their government, or “proto-rebels,” observe the success and failure of rebels throughout the international system. In doing so, proto-rebels and governments learn whether rebellion will be fruitful, which is then manifested in the timing of rebellion and repression. The core of the dissertation is composed of three essays. The first exhorts scholars of the international spread of civil violence to directly measure proto-rebel mobilization. I show that such mobilization is associated with conflicts across the entire international system, while the escalation to actual armed conflict is associated with regional conflicts. The second chapter theorizes that proto-rebels learn from successful rebellions across the international system. This relationship applies globally, although it is attenuated by cultural and regime-type similarity. Finally, the third chapter theorizes that governments are aware of this process and engage in repression …
Date:
August 2014
Creator:
Linebarger, Christopher
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Howard Stoneley, March 14, 2014
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Howard Stoneley. Stoneley joined the Navy around mid-1943. From 1943 through mid-1945, he served with the deck force aboard the USS Texas (BB-35). Stoneley shares his experiences through the Normandy Invasion, the Battle of Cherbourg, Operation Dragoon, the Battle of Iwo Jima and the Battle of Okinawa. He returned home after the war, and received his discharge around January of 1946.
Date:
March 14, 2014
Creator:
Stoneley, Howard
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Howard Stoneley, March 14, 2014
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Howard Stoneley. Stoneley joined the Navy around mid-1943. From 1943 through mid-1945, he served with the deck force aboard the USS Texas (BB-35). Stoneley shares his experiences through the Normandy Invasion, the Battle of Cherbourg, Operation Dragoon, the Battle of Iwo Jima and the Battle of Okinawa. He returned home after the war, and received his discharge around January of 1946.
Date:
March 14, 2014
Creator:
Stoneley, Howard
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thucydides’ Sparta: Law, Piety, and the Regime
My dissertation investigates Thucydides’ presentation of Sparta. By viewing the war through Sparta, one is confronted with debates on the moral dimensions of war. Sparta decries the imperialism of Athens as unjust and while the Athenians imply that such claims are merely Spartan ‘hypocrisy’ and therefore that Sparta does not truly take justice seriously, my study contends that the Spartan concern with justice and piety is genuine. While the Athenians present a sophisticated and enlightened view of what they believe guides all political actions (a view most scholars treat as Thucydides’ own) my study argues that Sparta raises problems for key arguments of the ‘Athenian thesis.’ Through a closer study of Thucydides’ Sparta, including his neglected Book 5, I locate details of both Sparta’s prosecution of the war and their regime that must be considered before agreeing with the apparent sobriety and clear-sightedness of the Athenians, thus leading the reader into the heart of Thucydides’ view of morality in both foreign affairs and domestic politics. A portion of this research is currently being prepared as an article-length study on the broad and important issue of hypocrisy in foreign affairs among states.
Date:
August 2014
Creator:
Hadley, Travis Stuart
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Company A, Nineteenth Texas Infantry: a History of a Small Town Fighting Unit
I focus on Company A of the Nineteenth Texas Infantry, C.S.A., and its unique status among other Confederate military units. The raising of the company within the narrative of the regiment, its battles and campaigns, and the post-war experience of its men are the primary focal points of the thesis. In the first chapter, a systematic analysis of various aspects of the recruit’s background is given, highlighting the wealth of Company A’s officers and men. The following two chapters focus on the campaigns and battles experienced by the company and the praise bestowed on the men by brigade and divisional staff. The final chapter includes a postwar analysis of the survivors from Company A, concentrating on their locations, professions, and contributions to society, which again illustrate the achievements accomplished by the veterans of this unique Confederate unit. As a company largely drawn from Jefferson, Texas, a growing inland port community, Company A of the Nineteenth Texas Infantry differed from other companies in the regiment, and from most units raised across the Confederacy. Their unusual backgrounds, together with their experiences during and after the war, provide interesting perspectives on persistent questions concerning the motives and achievements of Texas Confederates.
Date:
August 2014
Creator:
Williams, David J. (History teacher)
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fort Hood Sentinel (Fort Hood, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 23, 2014
Weekly newspaper published for the military and civilian personnel of Fort Hood, that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 23, 2014
Creator:
Wallace, Daniel
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Hood Sentinel (Fort Hood, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 30, 2014
Weekly newspaper published for the military and civilian personnel of Fort Hood, that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 30, 2014
Creator:
Wallace, Daniel
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Hood Sentinel (Fort Hood, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 16, 2014
Weekly newspaper published for the military and civilian personnel of Fort Hood, that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 16, 2014
Creator:
Wallace, Daniel
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2014
This report lists hundreds of instances in which the United States has used its Armed Forces abroad in situations of military conflict or potential conflict or for other than normal peacetime purposes. It was compiled in part from various older lists and is intended primarily to provide a rough survey of past U.S. military ventures abroad, without reference to the magnitude of the given instance noted.
Date:
September 15, 2014
Creator:
Torreon, Barbara Salazar
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Textual Analysis of News Framing in the Sri Lankan Conflict
The purpose of this study is to investigate how local and foreign newspapers used the war journalism and peace journalism frames when covering the Sri Lankan civil war, and to uncover subframes specific to the conflict. The first part of the thesis provides an in- depth literature review that addresses the history of the conflict and media freedom in Sri Lanka. The newspaper articles for the textual analysis were selected from mainstream Sri Lankan and U.S newspapers: the Daily News (a state sponsored newspaper) and Daily Mirror from Sri Lanka, and the New York Times and Washington Post from the U.S. A total of 185 articles were analyzed and categorized into war journalism and peace journalism. Next, subframes specific to the Sri Lankan conflict were identified. The overall coverage is dominated by the peace journalism frame, and the strongest war journalism frame is visible in local newspaper articles. Furthermore, two subframes specific to the Sri Lanka conflict were identified: war justification subframe and humanitarian crisis subframe. In conclusion, the study reveals that in the selected newspapers, the peace journalism frame dominated the coverage of the Sri Lankan civil war. All in all, while adding to the growing scholarship of media …
Date:
December 2014
Creator:
Ratnam, Cheran
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fort Hood Sentinel (Fort Hood, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 2014
Weekly newspaper published for the military and civilian personnel of Fort Hood, that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 15, 2014
Creator:
Wallace, Daniel
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Hood Sentinel (Fort Hood, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 16, 2014
Weekly newspaper published for the military and civilian personnel of Fort Hood, that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 16, 2014
Creator:
Pruden, Todd
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Finding the Frontline in Civil Conflict: Looting and Recruiting in African Refugee Camps
This paper explores the relationship between the locations of conflict zones and refugee camps in African nations.
Date:
2014
Creator:
Bolte, Brandon L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Texas Journal of History, 2014
The Texas Journal of History includes articles from guest lecturers at fall and spring seminars and papers written by Academy of Freedom students.
Date:
2014
Creator:
Howard Payne University
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electoral Rules, Political Parties, and Peace Duration in Post-conflict States
This dissertation examines the following research question: Which types of electoral rules chosen in post-conflict states best promote peace? And are those effects conditional upon other factors? I argue that the effects are conditional upon the types of political parties that exist in the post-conflict environment. Although this explanation is contrary to scholars that speak of political parties as products of the electoral system, political parties often predate the choice of electoral system. Especially in post-conflict states, political parties play an important role in the negotiation process and hence in the design of the electoral rules. I argue that the effects of electoral rules on peace duration are mitigated by the degree to which a party system is broad (nonexclusive) or narrow (exclusive). I develop a theoretical model that led to three hypotheses focusing on the independent role that political parties play in mitigating the effects of electoral rules on peace duration. To test these hypotheses, I use the Cox proportional hazard model on 57 post-conflict states from 1990 to 2009 and had competitive elections. The empirical results show support for the main argument of this study. First, the findings show that electoral rules alone do not increase or decrease …
Date:
December 2014
Creator:
Kisin, Tatyana Tuba Kelman
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The "Islamic State" Crisis and U.S. Policy
This report discusses the problems facing Iraq as the Islamic State (IS, aka the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, ISIL/ISIS) gains power in the region. IS is a transnational Sunni Islamist insurgent and terrorist group that has expanded its control over areas of northwestern Iraq and northeastern Syria since 2013, threatening the security of both countries and drawing increased attention from the international community. The Islamic State has thrived in the disaffected Sunni Muslim-inhabited areas of Iraq and in the remote provinces of Syria torn by the civil war. The Islamic State's tactics have drawn the ire of the international community, increasing U.S. attention on Iraq's political problems and on the civil war in Syria.
Date:
October 22, 2014
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth; Blanchard, Christopher M.; Humud, Carla E. & Margesson, Rhoda
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Texas Gulf Historical and Biographical Record, Volume 50, 2014
Annual journal of the Texas Gulf Historical Society publishing papers about the history of people, events, and development in the Texas Gulf region.
Date:
November 2014
Creator:
Texas Gulf Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oklahoma Chautauqua Program: 2014
Program for the annual Oklahoma Chautauqua event, which includes in-depth historical exploration and reenactments. The booklet outlines activities during the event, background information, and context related to the year's theme: "A Crisis of Confidence: The War that Changed the World."
Date:
2014
Creator:
Oklahoma Chautauqua Committee
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Black Texans in the Texas Supreme Court, 1840-1907
Spreadsheet compiled from various court report documentation that lists all Texas Supreme Court cases between 1840 and 1907 that involved free, enslaved, and formerly-enslaved black Texans. Information for each entry includes the case title and justice, year, type of case, names, county and judge, and the decision or opinion.
Date:
February 10, 2014
Creator:
Hudson, Linda Sybert
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
UNT Libraries Digital Collections
Presentation prepared for the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Government Documents Special Interest Section (GD-SIS). This presentation discusses the University of North Texas (UNT) digital collections.
Date:
July 15, 2014
Creator:
Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type:
Presentation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Using Primary Sources to Enrich Class Research
Presentation for the Texas Library Association Annual Conference Government Documents Round Table on using primary sources to enrich class research.
Date:
April 11, 2014
Creator:
Carlisle, Tara; Leuzinger, Julie & Sears, Suzanne
Object Type:
Presentation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Century of Overproduction in American Agriculture
American agriculture in the twentieth century underwent immense transformations. The triumphs in agriculture are emblematic of post-war American progress and expansion but do not accurately depict the evolution of American agriculture throughout an entire century of agricultural depression and economic failure. Some characteristics of this evolution are unprecedented efficiency in terms of output per capita, rapid industrialization and mechanization, the gradual slip of agriculture's portion of GNP, and an exodus of millions of farmers from agriculture leading to fewer and larger farms. The purpose of this thesis is to provide an environmental history and political ecology of overproduction, which has lead to constant surpluses, federal price and subsidy intervention, and environmental concerns about sustainability and food safety. This project explores the political economy of output maximization during these years, roughly from WWI through the present, studying various environmental, economic, and social effects of overproduction and output maximization. The complex eco system of modern agriculture is heavily impacted by the political and economic systems in which it is intrinsically embedded, obfuscating hopes of food and agricultural reforms on many different levels. Overproduction and surplus are central to modern agriculture and to the food that has fueled American bodies for decades. Studying …
Date:
August 2014
Creator:
Ruffing, Jason L.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library