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• ‘Your country is my country': civil-military relations as social reproduction, 1880-1920

  Author: Phillips, M., 1 May 2021

  Supervisor: Foley, R. (Supervisor) & McCartney, H. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• ‘Scientifics’ and ‘Wycombites’: a study of the Quartermaster General’s Department of the British Army, 1799-1814

  Author: Fletcher, W., 1 Dec 2019

  Supervisor: Davies, H. (Supervisor) & Lambert, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• ‘Designs against a common foe’: the Anglo-Qing suppression of piracy in South China

  Author: Kwan, N., 1 Aug 2020

  Supervisor: Jackson, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Why does the UK have the Military that it has?

  Author: Curtis, A., 1 Jun 2020

  Supervisor: Uttley, M. (Supervisor) & Dorman, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Why culture matters?: an analysis of complexity, acceptance and effectiveness of security sector governance in Ghana and Nigeria

  Author: Addo, P., 1 Jan 2021

  Supervisor: Podder, S. (Supervisor) & Olonisakin, F. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Why, and how effectively, did the Royal Navy procure, and then use, escort carriers in the Second World War?

  Author: McMeekin, D., 1 Jun 2024

  Supervisor: Benbow, T. (Supervisor) & Robb-Webb, J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• What does it mean to be a soldier?: Negotiating identities in the British Army

  Author: Goodley, H., 1 Apr 2022

  Supervisor: Uttley, M. (Supervisor) & McCartney, H. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• US National space policies (1960 – 2010): a longitudinal study of civil, national security and space industry influences

  Author: Presley, M., 1 May 2020

  Supervisor: Hilborne, M. (Supervisor) & Rofe, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Unorthodox warfare in the Age of Chivalry : surprise and deception in the Hundred Years war

  Author: Whetham, D. G., 2005

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Understanding the United States Marines’ strategy and approach to the conventional war in South Vietnam’s Northern provinces, March 1965 – December 1967

  Author: Nevgloski, E. T., 1 Jul 2019

  Supervisor: Foley, R. (Supervisor) & Robb-Webb, J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Understanding Strategic Surprise: Using Scripts and Empathy to Explain US Security Policy Failures

  Author: Bennett, M., 1 Jun 2023

  Supervisor: Payne, K. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Turkey’s State-Business Relations Revisited: Islamic Business Associations and Policymaking in the AKP era

  Author: Ilhan, E., 1 Feb 2014

  Supervisor: Park, W. H. (Supervisor) & Sayigh, Y. J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Towards theory development on small state foreign and security policy : examining roles, norms and perceptions

  Author: Sherwood, L., 1 Jul 2021

  Supervisor: Ellner, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• The Utility of Unmanned Combat Air Systems Gaining Control of the Air by 2040

  Author: Wills, C. J., 2013

  Supervisor: Goulter, C. J. M. (Supervisor) & Sabin, P. A. G. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• The Transition from the Military to Civilian Life: Becoming a Private Security Contractor after Military Service for US and UK Service leavers

  Author: Hawks, A., 2015

  Supervisor: Kinsey, C. P. (Supervisor) & Dandeker, C. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• The transformation of the British expeditionary force on the western front 1914-1918, via a process of learning - lessons, doctrine, and training

  Author: Cook, J., 1 Sept 2021

  Supervisor: McCartney, H. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• The Surreal Mission : Tactical Nuclear Weapons, the British Army, and the Defence of the Central Front, 1945-1957

  Author: Moody, S. J., 2014

  Supervisor: Hughes, M. K. Y. (Supervisor) & Foley, R. T. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• The social construction of military unity and a post-merger integration of the unified Peshmerga forces in the Kurdistan region of Iraq

  Author: Gruber-Sytchev, V., 1 Sept 2020

  Supervisor: Park, B. (Supervisor) & Griffin, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• The shaping of Polish historic memory in the public sphere after the end of communism: A case study of Polish perspectives and policies towards Russia.

  Author: Cieslar, A., 1 Oct 2022

  Supervisor: Sanders, D. (Supervisor) & Kienzle, B. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• The Russian Way of Regular Land Warfare: A Comparative Case Study of Four Major Russian Operations after the Cold War

  Author: Osflaten, A., 1 Apr 2024

  Supervisor: German, T. C. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• The Royal Naval Air Service and the Evolution of Naval Aviation in Britain, 1914-1918

  Author: Howlett, A. L. N., 2018

  Supervisor: Benbow, T. J. (Supervisor) & Lambert, A. D. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• The role of inward FDI in enhancing Sultanate of Oman’s national competitiveness

  Author: Al-Kharusi, S., 1 May 2022

  Supervisor: Roberts, D. (Supervisor) & Hill, J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• The role of e-government in supporting SMEs: “case studies: Saudi Arabia and Bahrain”

  Author: Alkhalaf, N., 1 Jul 2020

  Supervisor: Krieg, A. (Supervisor) & Hill, J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• The Public and Proliferation: U.S. Public Opinion of North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Programme

  Author: Kwong, J., 1 Jan 2023

  Supervisor: Moran, M. (Supervisor) & Williams, H. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• The Prevention of Heat Illness in the British Army

  Author: Bricknell, M. C. M., 1999

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Medicine

• The potential and limits of air power in contemporary multinational operations: the case of the UK, Polish and Swedish air forces.

  Author: Burczynska, M., 2019

  Supervisor: Renz, B. (External person) (Supervisor) & Rees, W. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• The Nigerian Military Contribution to Counter-Insurgency (COIN): A Study of Organizational Culture, Institution, Doctrine and Operations

  Author: Omeni, A. E., 2015

  Supervisor: Chin, W. A. (Supervisor), Olonisakin, O. (Supervisor) & Hill, J. N. C. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• The Making of a Sicario Class: Youth Mobilisation into the Mexican Drug War

  Author: Zepeda Gil, R., 1 Dec 2023

  Supervisor: Podder, S. (Supervisor) & Berdal, M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• The Impact of Iraq on Turkey-US Relations

  Author: Balik, G., 1 Jul 2013

  Supervisor: Park, W. H. (Supervisor), Freedman, L. D. (Supervisor) & Chin, W. A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLICY NOTIONS AND THE WASHINGTON NAVAL CONFERENCE OF 1921-1922: REVISITING BRITISH PERSPECTIVES ON THE NAVAL DEBATES

  Author: Lim, J., 1 Mar 2024

  Supervisor: Kennedy, G. C. (Supervisor) & Benbow, T. J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• The development of amphibious/expeditionary warfare in the United States and the United Kingdom, 1945-1968 : a study in comparison, contrast and compromise

  Author: Liles, C. F. M., 2011

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• The 'deadliest enemy': Experiencing and Enduring Boredom in the British Salonika Force, 1915-1918

  Author: Gasson, J., 2024

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• The British Pacific Fleet, experience and legacy : a levels of war analysis

  Author: Robb-Webb, J. J., 2006

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• The British Government, the Public, and Nuclear Deterrence

  Author: Corbett, A. S., 2017

  Supervisor: Whetham, D. G. (Supervisor) & Bowen, W. Q. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• The acquisition and use of chemical weapons by violent non-state actors: an opportunistic model

  Author: Earl, V. J. D., 1 May 2019

  Supervisor: Chin, W. (Supervisor) & Bowen, W. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Storia e dibattiti che condussero alle elezioni dirette del Parlamento Europeo

  Author: Scaramagli, T., 2006

  Supervisor: Mechi, L. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Master's Thesis › Master of Social Science

• State formations, nations and Kurdish movements: a comparative analysis from the late Ottoman Empire to Republican People’s Party in Turkey (1923-1945), British Mandate Regime in Iraq (1920-1932), and French Mandate Regime in Syria (1923-1946)

  Author: Aydin, S., 1 Nov 2020

  Supervisor: Park, B. (Supervisor) & Podder, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Spacepower and Space Warfare: The Continuation of Terran Politics by Other Means

  Author: Bowen, B. E., 22 Jan 2016

  Supervisor: Shepherd, A. (External person) (Supervisor) & Stoddart, K. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Space Governance for the 21st Century: Balancing Space Development with Sustainability

  Author: Routh, A., 1 Dec 2023

  Supervisor: Hilborne, M. (Supervisor) & Kennedy, G. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Soldiers and warriors: mythology and martial identity in the British Army

  Author: Marks, S., 1 Sept 2020

  Supervisor: Payne, K. (Supervisor) & Fennell, J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Slog or Swan: British Army Effectiveness in Operation Veritable

  Author: Rooney, D., 1 Oct 2023

  Supervisor: Kennedy, G. (Supervisor) & Goulter, C. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Situating the Oriental (ISIL) Islamic Other. How discourse shapes the UK Defence narrative

  Author: Campbell, J., 1 Nov 2021

  Supervisor: Uttley, M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Setting a New Beginning in US-Muslim Relations: President Obama and the Arab Awakening

  Author: Lilli, E., 2018

  Supervisor: Kennedy, G. C. (Supervisor), Lieven, P. P. A. (Supervisor) & Chin, W. A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Ripples in the Periphery of the European Jihadi Milieu: Examining Jihadism’s Developmental Trajectory in Finland, 2012–2020

  Author: Saarinen, J., 1 May 2021

  Supervisor: Karagiannis, E. (Supervisor) & Chin, W. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Revolutionary Graveyard? The Conduct of Urban Guerrilla Campaigns in Belfast and Dublin, 1919–23

  Author: Kautt, B., 1 Aug 2024

  Supervisor: Hughes, G. A. (Supervisor) & Payne, K. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Privatizing the Cosmopolitan Responsibility to Protect. : Considering a Normative Argument for Why the Contractor Might Be Better Suited Vis-à-Vis the State Soldier to Serve Common Humanity

  Author: Krieg, A., 2014

  Supervisor: Kinsey, C. P. (Supervisor) & Frost, M. L. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Privatizing the Cosmopolitan Responsibility to Protect: . : Considering a Normative Argument for Why the Contractor Might Be Better Suited Vis-à-Vis the State Soldier to Serve Common Humanity

  Author: Krieg, A., 2014

  Supervisor: Kinsey, C. P. (Supervisor) & Frost, M. L. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Private Security and National Military Power: The Ethical Legitimacy of Security Outsourcing

  Author: Parr, R., 1 Oct 2022

  Supervisor: Kinsey, C. (Supervisor) & Frost, M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Politics and processes in the collaborative procurement of surveillance

  Author: Paterson, L. M., 2018

  Supervisor: Kinsey, C. (Supervisor) & Michaels, J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Policing: the unspoken element of irregular warfare

  Author: Carlucci, P., 1 Oct 2018

  Supervisor: Chin, W. A. (Supervisor) & Philpott, W. J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy