"Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in [Program Management] from the Naval Postgraduate School, June 2009." / Advisor(s): Matthews, David F. ; Naegle, Brad. "June 2009." "Joint applied project"--Cover. Description based on title screen as viewed on July 13. 2009. Author(s) subject terms: Future Combat System, System of Systems, Army, Lead System Integrator, Government Accounting Office, Congressional Budget Office, Program Risks and Constraints, Analysis of Alternatives. Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-66). Also available in print.

published_or_final_version / Chinese Historical Studies / Master / Master of Arts

published_or_final_version / History / Master / Master of Philosophy

Thesis (M.S. in Defense Analysis)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2008. / Thesis Advisor(s): Gustaitis, Peter. "December 2008." Description based on title screen as viewed on January 30, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-91). Also available in print.

Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 146-152). Also available online.

This thesis analyzes the career paths of U.S. Army officers and evaluates the effect of commissioning source on their survival patterns. Data used in this study are taken from the Active Duty Military Master File provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC). The data set contains information on 103,501 officers who were commissioned between 1981 and 2001. The results indicate that commissioning source, occupation (except for the special occupations and military police) and occupation category have significant effects on the survival curves of U.S. Army officers. Officers graduating from the ROTC Scholarship program and commissioned through Direct Commissioning have 10% and 19% greater hazards of leaving than USMA graduates; officers graduating from ROTC Non-Scholarship and OCS have 6% and 8% lower hazards of leaving than USMA graduates. Age, race and ethnicity, gender, marital status, number of non-spousal dependents, and graduate education all have significant effects on the survival function. Higher age at commissioning, being African-American, being married, each additional non-spousal dependent, and having a graduate degree have positive effects on survival patterns while being female has a negative effect on the survival patterns. Being prior enlisted is not statistically significant in all of the models, but when it is significant, it has a positive effect on the survival function.

Thesis--M. Phil., University of Hong Kong, 1987.

Zhengguan yujing jiang 《貞觀玉鏡將》, a book compiled in Western Xia characters during the reign of Zhao Qianshun趙乾順 (嵬名乾順, r. 1086-1139) in the early 12thcentury on the art of military strategy and tactics, was discovered by a Russian in 1908. This provides scholars a valuable original source to carry out in-depth study on the military confrontation between Western Xia and the Northern Song Dynasty. Since the establishment of the Western Xia, there were long lasting internal disputes on their policies towards the Northern Song Dynasty. War or peace not only determined by their military power, their outcomes of political and economic reforms also played important roles. Different kinds of military strategy and tactics had been attempted but not much success had been secured. Zhengguan yujing jiang will be used as the primary resource in this thesis in order to find out the picture behind the screen. Special attentions will be focus on the modification and improvement of military system, military law and military strategy. / published_or_final_version / Chinese Historical Studies / Master / Master of Arts

Thesis PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--UCLA, 2008. / Vita. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 161-167).