Thesis (Master of Military Studies)-Marine Corps Command and Staff College, 2008. / Title from title page of PDF document (viewed on: Jan 11, 2010). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (MFineArt)--University of Melbourne, VCA Art, The Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts, 2009. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (p. 41-42)

Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (Defense Decision-Making and Planning))--Naval Postgraduate School, Sept. 2004. / Thesis advisor(s): Peter R. Lavoy. Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-62). Also available online.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Pennsylvania, 1922.

Basiert auf der Diss. Univ. Brüssel, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references and index.

Thesis (MCom)--Stellenbosch University, 2015 / ENGLISH ABSTRACT : The continued and ever growing involvement of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to complex peacekeeping operations over the African continent has opened a platform in the academic field to better sharpen the SANDF’s performance and contribution to achieve peace in Africa. Previous deployments to various African countries has tested the SANDF’s level of preparedness. Although the organisation gives effort to train its forces to reach the desired level of combat readiness, the nature of the operations to which soldiers partake in has proven to be more demanding. This study was driven by the need to explore and provide a broader perspective of what constitute combat readiness. Utilising the SANDF, the study aimed to explore the relationship between the soldier’s relationship with the spouse (RWS) and the soldier’s relationship with the unit (RWU), and hardiness as a possible mediator variable to combat readiness (CR). Previous research and theories were explored to provide a theoretical background for the study variables. A non-experimental controlled inquiry was used to test the hypothesised relationship among the variables. A sample of 363 participants (across ranks, gender and race) was randomly selected from South African Infantry Battalion Group mobilising for a deployment to Sudan. Hypothesised relationships among the independent variables, mediator variable and dependent variable was determined using the correlational analysis (Spearman correlation). Partial Least Squares (PLS) – measurement and structural model was used to test the study model for combat readiness. The results showed significant correlations between the soldier’s RWS and CR. Furthermore, significant correlations were found between soldier’s RWU and CR. Partial mediation was explained by the path coefficients from RWU>hardiness>CR. No full mediating effect was found. The results also showed insignificant correlations between soldiers RWS and hardiness (rather than between soldier’s RWS and CR. These results were in support to previous research and proved to add insight to future research on CR. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING : Geen opsomming beskikbaarbaar nie.

Frank Malina (1912-1981) doit d’abord être reconnu comme un des artisans majeurs de la conquête spatiale. Entre 1934 et 1947, en Californie, aidé par un groupe de passionnés, il supervisa plusieurs programmes consacrés à la propulsion des fusées. En 1945, sa carrière est couronnée par le lancement de la WAC Corporal, une fusée-sonde qui atteignit l’altitude de 72 km. En 1944, il co-fonda avec Théodore Von Karman le Jet Propulsion Laboratory, un laboratoire aujourd’hui rattaché à la NASA. Après un passage de six ans à L’UNESCO, il débuta en 1953 une carrière d’artiste. Ses premières œuvres rassemblent des matériaux très divers comme la corde, le grillage ou le fil de fer qu’il manipule pour traduire un monde structuré, laissant transparaître un dynamisme sous-jacent. Très rapidement, il orienta ses recherches vers l’expression du mouvement réel à l’aide la lumière électrique. En 1956, il inventa le système lumidyne, un tableau cinétique fermé par un écran sur lequel une composition colorée est animée de mouvements lents produits par un électro-mécanisme dissimulé dans le tableau. Les motifs abstraits et figuratifs font souvent références au monde des sciences et à l’astronomie. Placé dans un état de relaxation provoqué par le jeu des lumières, le spectateur est ainsi incité à méditer sur les sujets proposés par les œuvres. S’inscrivant dans la tradition de la musique des couleurs, l’œuvre de Malina nous invite non seulement à considérer le mariage entre l’art, la technologie et la science, à s’interroger sur la place de l’homme dans la nature à l’ère de la conquête spatiale, mais aussi à stimuler les régions cérébrales de l’activité créatrice. / Frank Malina (1912-1981) has first to be considering as a pioneer in the conquest of space. Under his leadership, he supervised several research programs on rocket propulsion between 1934 and 1947, in California. His research led Malina to the launching in 1945 of the sounding-rocket WAC Corporal to a height of 240,000 feet. With Theodore Von Karman, he founded the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, now a NASA’s leading facility for planetary exploration. In 1953 he resigned from UNESCO to be full time an artist. He started working with string, wire mesh and wire to suggest the structures of the world and the underlying dynamism. He quickly leaned his research toward the expression of real movement using electric light. In 1956, he created the Lumidyne system, a kind of kinetic painting closed by a screen on which the composition moved slowly. Most of the abstract and figurative patterns refer to the world of sciences and astronomy. Malina’s kinetic paintings lead the spectators to relaxation and meditation on the subject of the paintings. In the tradition of color music, his artwork tries to marry art, science and technology. It’s not only an invitation to musing on the position of mankind in the cosmos at the space age, but also to stimulate the creative areas of brain activity.

Winston S. Churchill was a war leader during two world wars, and yet there are few substantive studies of his younger years when he was a practising soldier. This thesis aims to study the early intellectual development of Churchill in those areas which have direct impact on the art of war. The chapters are arranged narratively (Chapters 2-3) and thematically (Chapters 4-8). The introduction covers the scope and methodology of the work. Chapters 2-3 give an account of Churchill's early years, and trace the development of several prominent features of his character that helped form and inform the presuppositions of his later military intellectual development. Chapter 4 addresses Churchill's interactions with late Victorian cavalry doctrine and debate. Chapters 5-7 each address themes of an expanding scope of influence and conceptualization: first, the tactics of war; second, the policy and strategy of war; and finally, Churchill's conceptions of war. The conclusion summarizes the hallmarks and syntheses of Churchill's early military intellectual development, and identifies judgments which can be drawn about his perspicacity as soldier and commander.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-02-05T18:29:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2014-02-24. Added 1 bitstream(s) on 2016-02-05T18:32:59Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 000857107.pdf: 1225137 bytes, checksum: b401ddb2d8ec5c960c985b5db8eb4a4f (MD5) / Durante a Guerra Fria, houve nos Estados Unidos três distintas estratégias de superioridade científico-tecnológico-militar, cujo denominador comum entre elas foi o massivo investimento público em Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento (P&D) destinado à Defesa. Em resposta às ações da União Soviética, o Governo Federal dos Estados Unidos rigorosamente articulou e financiou tais estratégias. Em especial, criou a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) para desenvolver a Ciência & Tecnologia & Defesa (C&T&D) norte-americana através de estudos novos, revolucionários e de risco, tais como foram os casos da pesquisa e desenvolvimento em internet, defesa de míssil balístico, testes de banimento nuclear, armas de precisão guiada, veículos não tripulados, satélites, e tecnologia stealth. Portanto, o objetivo desta pesquisa é investigar o papel que o Governo Federal e a DARPA desempenharam na construção das estratégias de supremacia em C&T&D dos Estados Unidos na Guerra Fria. / In the Cold War, there were three strategies of superiority in Military Science & Technology in the United States, whose common denominator was the massive public investment on Research and Development (R&D) for Defense. In response to the actions of the Soviet Union, the Federal Government of the United States rigorously articulated and funded such strategies. In particular, it created the Advanced Research Projects Agency Defense (DARPA) to develop the U.S. Science & Technology & Defense (S&T&D) through new, revolutionary and risk studies, such as the research and development on the internet, ballistic missile defense, precision guided munitions, unmanned aerial vehicles, satellites, and stealth technology. Therefore, the aim of this research is to investigate the role that the Federal Government and the DARPA played in building strategies for supremacy on C&T&D in the United States in the Cold War.

Modern studies of Classical Greek battle devote little attention to the role and importance of the general in achieving battlefield success. As a result of this the general is reduced to a simple leader of men whose only influential decision was where and when to fight, and whose major role was to provide inspiration by fighting in the front ranks. A modern conception of Hellenic fair play in warfare has further limited the importance of the general to Greek armies: apparently advanced manoeuvring and tactics were deliberately rejected in favour of a simple and direct test of strength and morale. I do not believe this to be the case, and in this study I demonstrate the importance of the general to Greek armies by offering a new analysis of his role in hoplite battle.