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Military Readiness: DOD Needs to Reassess Program Strategy, Funding Priorities, and Risks for Selected Equipment (open access)

Military Readiness: DOD Needs to Reassess Program Strategy, Funding Priorities, and Risks for Selected Equipment

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO was asked to assess the condition of key equipment items and to determine if the services have adequate plans for sustaining, modernizing, or replacing them. To address these questions, we selected 25 major equipment items, and determined (1) their current condition, (2) whether the services have mapped out a program strategy for these items, (3) whether current and projected funding is consistent with these strategies, and (4) whether these equipment items are capable of fulfilling their wartime missions."
Date: December 19, 2003
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Authorization and Appropriations for FY2004: Defense (open access)

Authorization and Appropriations for FY2004: Defense

This report is a guide to one of the 13 regular appropriations bills that Congress passes each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Energy and Water. It summarizes the current legislative status of the bill, its scope, major issues, funding levels, and related legislative activity.
Date: December 9, 2003
Creator: Belasco, Amy & Daggett, Stephen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Leonard Graphic (Leonard, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 11, 2003 (open access)

The Leonard Graphic (Leonard, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 11, 2003

Weekly newspaper from Leonard, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 11, 2003
Creator: Russell, Bethany
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 4, 2003 (open access)

The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 4, 2003

Weekly newspaper from Tulia, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 4, 2003
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 116, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 17, 2003 (open access)

The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 116, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 17, 2003

Weekly newspaper from Llano, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 17, 2003
Creator: Stephenson, Jimmy
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 100, Ed. 1 Friday, December 12, 2003 (open access)

The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 100, Ed. 1 Friday, December 12, 2003

Semi-weekly newspaper from Clifton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 12, 2003
Creator: Smith, W. Leon
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Public Polemics of Baldur von Schirach: A Study of National Socialist Rhetoric and Aesthetics, 1922-1945

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This dissertation examines the political writings and speeches of Baldur von Schirach, a leading figure of the National Socialist German Worker's Party, and the means by which he chose to transmit his beliefs in totalitarianism, racism, and militarism. Schirach's activities serve as a case study of the Third Reich's artistic and cultural programs and the means by which these programs served as conduits for propaganda and public education. Throughout his career as the leader of the National Socialist Student's League, Reich Youth Leader, and Gauleiter of Vienna, Schirach promulgated a political theory which interpreted the rise of the Third Reich as an expression of an innately superior German culture. He put this theory forth through the use of artistic means, including his own poetry and prose, and theoretical exegeses of artistic and literary works that explained them within a fascist, totalitarian idiom. The dissertation discusses Schirach's personal adherence to Nazism and its roots; the ways in which he interpreted fascist philosophical tenets, symbols, messages, and archetypes; his concepts of youth and adult education; his attempts to mold the artistic community of Vienna into an aesthetically progressive, yet politically coherent, means of propaganda; and his role in the destruction of the …
Date: December 2003
Creator: Koontz, Christopher N.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Sealy News (Sealy, Tex.), Vol. 106, No. 99, Ed. 1 Friday, December 12, 2003 (open access)

The Sealy News (Sealy, Tex.), Vol. 106, No. 99, Ed. 1 Friday, December 12, 2003

Semiweekly newspaper from Sealy, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 12, 2003
Creator: Griffin, Joanie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 105, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 31, 2003 (open access)

The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 105, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 31, 2003

Semi-weekly newspaper from Clifton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 31, 2003
Creator: Smith, W. Leon
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Sealy News (Sealy, Tex.), Vol. 106, No. 103, Ed. 1 Friday, December 26, 2003 (open access)

The Sealy News (Sealy, Tex.), Vol. 106, No. 103, Ed. 1 Friday, December 26, 2003

Semiweekly newspaper from Sealy, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 26, 2003
Creator: Griffin, Joanie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 88, No. 75, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 7, 2003 (open access)

Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 88, No. 75, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 7, 2003

Daily newspaper from Sapulpa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 7, 2003
Creator: Broaddus, Matthew B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 368, Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 2003 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 368, Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 2003

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 5, 2003
Creator: Cash, Wanda Garner
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

James Earl Rudder: A Lesson in Leadership

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This thesis is the about the life of Rudder. The emphasis of this work, however, is that Rudder was successful primarily because of his character and leadership style. Much of the study was drawn from primary sources. Secondary sources were also consulted. This thesis opens with a brief Introduction, which discusses the need for this work. Chapter 1 discusses Rudder's life prior to WW II, emphasizing particular characteristics that benefited his leadership ability. Chapter 2 examines the 2nd Ranger Battalion's transformation under Rudder's leadership and guidance. Chapter 3 chronicles the 2nd Ranger Battalion's assault on the Pointe du Hoc battery, ending in December 1944, when Col. Rudder was reassigned to the 109th Infantry Regiment. Moreover, the controversy surrounding the Ranger's mission is also examined in this chapter. Chapter 4 describes Col. Rudder's leadership with the 109th in the Battle of the Bulge. A chapter accounting Rudder's political career and leadership follows. Chapter 6 examines his term as chancellor and president of the Texas A&M University system, until his death in 1970, and the major institutional changes that he enacted during his tenure, which resulted in A&M becoming the respected research university it is today. This significance and recapitulation of Rudder's …
Date: December 2003
Creator: Bean, Christopher B.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library