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Law of War Manual (open access)

Law of War Manual

From section 1.1.2 Scope: "This manual is not a definitive explanation of all law of war issues. This manual focuses on jus in bello -- law relating to the conduct of hostilities and the protection of war victims. This manual seeks to address the law of war that is applicable to the United States, including treaties to which the United States is a Party, and applicable customary international law. It provides legal rules, principles, and discussion, particularly with respect to DoD practice. Although the views of other States may be referenced in this manual, it is not a purpose of this manual to describe the views of other States, which may differ from views expressed in this manual" (p. 1).
Date: June 2015
Creator: United States. Department of Defense. Office of General Counsel.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Civil War Soldiers of Kendall County, Texas: A Biographical Dictionary (open access)

Civil War Soldiers of Kendall County, Texas: A Biographical Dictionary

Book containing an alphabetical list of persons from Kendall County, Texas who served in the military during the Civil War, with any known biographical information about each person. There is also relevant background information about the area in the preface, and a series of tables at the end of the book, containing additional reference material. A table of contents is on page v.
Date: 2013
Creator: Kiel, Frank Wilson 1930-
System: The Portal to Texas History
Enemies Within: The Cold War and the AIDS Crisis in Literature, Film, and Culture (open access)

Enemies Within: The Cold War and the AIDS Crisis in Literature, Film, and Culture

Book discussing the literature and film of the Cold War and AIDS eras in an effort to link the two with the fear they created; "not only the political and biological illnesses...but also the fear and panic they engender." Index starts on page 235.
Date: 2017
Creator: Foertsch, Jacqueline, 1964-
System: The UNT Digital Library
War in the Pacific: A Chronology January 1, 1941 through September 30, 1945 (open access)

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
System: The UNT Digital Library

Power, Institutions, and Leadership in War and Peace: Lessons from Peru and Ecuador 1995-1998

This book discusses the boundary dispute war between Ecuador and Peru in 1995 and the role of institutions, leadership, and power played in leading to the war and making peace.
Date: 2013
Creator: Mares, David R. & Palmer, David Scott
System: The Portal to Texas History
Memories of Wartime Wanderings: What I Did in World War II (open access)

Memories of Wartime Wanderings: What I Did in World War II

Personal memoirs of Ann van Wynen Tomas about her time in the U.S. Foreign Service during World War II, serving in South Africa and later at the Dutch Government in Exile, in London.
Date: 2013
Creator: Thomas, Ann van Wynen & Lincecum, Jerry Bryan, 1942-
System: The Portal to Texas History
Military History of the West: Volume 41 (open access)

Military History of the West: Volume 41

Annual publication of the University of North Texas detailing military history in the western United States.
Date: 2011
Creator: University of North Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Growing up in Texas (open access)

Growing up in Texas

Memoir written by Annie Margaret Rankin Warner and Virginia "Jenny" Louise Rankin Marshall of stories on growing up in West Texas from 1866-1995.
Date: 2016
Creator: Rankin Warner, Annie Margaret & Marshall, Virginia R.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Alexander's Veterans and the Early Wars of the Successors

This book discusses the soldiers of Alexander the Great's armies and various groups of veterans of different campaigns involvement in the Hellenistic world during Alexander's reign and his early successors.
Date: 2013
Creator: Roisman, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Innovation with Purpose: Lockheed Martin's First 100 Years (open access)

Innovation with Purpose: Lockheed Martin's First 100 Years

Book outlining the history of the Lockheed Martin aerospace company, including its initial start near the end of the 19th century through 2017, with speculation about the future. Chapters are organized chronologically, describing the various business decisions, design innovations, and other work that occurred during particular decades, with relation to wider aviation and technological history. Index starts on page 263.
Date: 2013
Creator: The History Factory
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mexico and Mexicans in the Making of the United States

Collection of essays about the history of influence of Mexican and Hispanic economic, political, and cultural interactions have affected the development of the United States throughout its history. Index starts on page 315.
Date: 2013
Creator: Tutino, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Refuge on the Rio Grande: A Regional History of Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park (open access)

Refuge on the Rio Grande: A Regional History of Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park

Book about the history of the Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park.
Date: August 2013
Creator: Leffler, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Uncivil Wars: Elena Garro, Octavio Paz, and the Battle for Cultural Memory

This book discusses Mexican authors and political activists Elena Garro and Octavio Paz and their effects on Mexican cultural memory and ethnic identity through their writings and activities.
Date: 2013
Creator: Cypess, Sandra Messinger
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Criminal Law System of Medieval and Renaissance Florence (open access)

The Criminal Law System of Medieval and Renaissance Florence

Book analyzing the law system of Florence, Italy during the Italian Renaissance; specifically it outlines the structure of the government, offices, and philosophies of governing. Index starts on page 281.
Date: 2017
Creator: Stern, Laura Ikins
System: The UNT Digital Library
Catalog of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute: Fall 2018 (open access)

Catalog of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute: Fall 2018

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNT's course catalog for Fall 2018.
Date: 2018~
Creator: University of North Texas. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Catalog of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute: Fall 2019 (open access)

Catalog of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute: Fall 2019

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNT's course catalog for Fall 2019.
Date: 2019~
Creator: University of North Texas. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cistercian Preparatory Schools: The First 50 Years (open access)

Cistercian Preparatory Schools: The First 50 Years

Book containing the history of the Cisercian Preparatory School, often presented through the memories of faculty and alumni.
Date: 2012
Creator: Stewart, David E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Melville's Major Fiction: Politics, Theology, and Imagination (open access)

Melville's Major Fiction: Politics, Theology, and Imagination

Book analyzing the popular works of Herman Melville and his motives for writing such stories such as: "Pierre," "The Confidence-Man," and "Billy Budd." Index starts on page 258.
Date: 2017
Creator: Duban, James
System: The UNT Digital Library

Wild Tongues: Transnational Mexican Popular Culture

A book studying transnational Mexican popular culture and Chicana experience. Index starts on page 207.
Date: 2013
Creator: Urquijo-Ruiz, Rita E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
50 Years of Friendship & Memories: A Look Back at the Austin-Saltillo Sister Cities Association, 1968-2018 (open access)

50 Years of Friendship & Memories: A Look Back at the Austin-Saltillo Sister Cities Association, 1968-2018

Booklet discussing the history of the sister-city relationship between Austin, Texas and Saltillo, Mexico from 1968 to 2018. There are several photos from sister-city events.
Date: 2018
Creator: Austin-Saltillo Sister Cities Association
System: The Portal to Texas History
Economics: From the Dismal Science to the Moral Science: The Moral Economics of Kendall P. Cochran (open access)

Economics: From the Dismal Science to the Moral Science: The Moral Economics of Kendall P. Cochran

Adam Smith published The Theory of Moral Sentiments in 1759 and established the ethical foundation for The Wealth of Nations (1776) as well as the important role played by custom and fashion in shaping behaviors and outcomes. Kendall P. Cochran believed in Smith’s emphasis on value-driven analysis and seeking solutions to major problems of the day. Cochran believed that economists moved too far in the direction of analysis free of words like ought and should and devoted his career to establishing that economics is a moral science. A recent study by two Harvard professors, Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff, Growth in a Time of Debt (2010), asserted that healthy economic growth and high levels of government debt are incompatible. These conclusions are associated with the austerity movement, which calls for policymakers to reduce government spending in order to reduce the government’s debt and improve long-term growth prospects. The austerity movement has been used to justify the sharp decline in public sector employment that has restrained job growth since the recession of 2007. In 2013, a graduate student named Thomas Herndon discovered an error in the calculations of Reinhart and Rogoff, publishing his findings in a paper co-authored by his professors, …
Date: January 2015
Creator: Cochran, Kendall P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Catalog of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute: Spring 2017 (open access)

Catalog of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute: Spring 2017

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNT's course catalog for Spring 2017.
Date: 2017~
Creator: University of North Texas. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
System: The UNT Digital Library
You Shook Me All Campaign Long: Music in the 2016 Presidential Election and Beyond (open access)

You Shook Me All Campaign Long: Music in the 2016 Presidential Election and Beyond

Music has long played a role in American presidential campaigns as a mode of both expressing candidates’ messages and criticizing the opposition. The 2016 campaign was no exception and was a game changer similar to the development of music in the 1840 campaign, when “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too” helped sing William Harrison into the White House. The ten chapters in this collection place music use in 2016 in historical perspective before examining musical messaging, strategy, and parody. The book ultimately explores causality: how do music and musicians affect presidential elections, and how do politicians and campaigns affect music and musicians? The authors explain this interaction from various perspectives, with methodological approaches from several fields, including political science, legal studies, musicology, cultural studies, rhetorical studies, and communications and journalism. These chapters will help the reader understand music in the 2016 election to realize how music will be relevant in 2020 and beyond.
Date: November 2018
Creator: Kasper, Eric T. & Schoening, Benjamin S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Web as History (open access)

The Web as History

The World Wide Web has now been in use for more than 20 years. From early browsers to today’s principal source of information, entertainment and much else, the Web is an integral part of our daily lives, to the extent that some people believe ‘if it’s not online, it doesn’t exist.’ While this statement is not entirely true, it is becoming increasingly accurate, and reflects the Web’s role as an indispensable treasure trove. It is curious, therefore, that historians and social scientists have thus far made little use of the Web to investigate historical patterns of culture and society, despite making good use of letters, novels, newspapers, radio and television programs, and other pre-digital artifacts. This volume argues that now is the time to question what we have learnt from the Web so far. The 12 chapters explore this topic from a number of interdisciplinary angles – through histories of national web spaces and case studies of different government and media domains – as well as an introduction that provides an overview of this exciting new area of research.
Date: March 2017
Creator: Brügger, Niels & Schroeder, Ralph
System: The UNT Digital Library