2 The exploratory interest of the thesis, Emperor Augustus in Two Successful Novels, focuses Augustus' belletristic interpretation. The thesis provides analysis of two novels and their subsequent comparison with sources and literature. Special emphasis is given to political milestones in Augustus' life.

Approved for public release; distribution in unlimited. / An imaging radar, like ISAR, offers a combatant the capability to perform long range surveillance with high quality imagery for positive target identification. Extending this attractive feature to the battle damage assessment problem (BDA) gives the operator instant viewing of the target's behavior when it is hit. As a consequence, immediate and decisive action can be quickly taken (if required). However, the conventional Fourier processing adopted by most ISAR systems does not provide adequate time resolution to capture the target's dynamic responses during the hit. As a result, the radar image becomes distorted. To improve the time resolution, time-frequency transform (TFT) methods of ISAR imaging have been proposed. Unlike traditional Fourier-based processing, TFT's allows variable time resolution of the entire event that falls within the ISAR coherent integration period to be extracted as part of the imaging process. We have shown in this thesis that the use of linear Short Time-Frequency Transforms allows the translational response of the aircraft caused by a blast force to be clearly extracted. The TFT extracted images not only tell us how the aircraft responds to a blast effect but also provides additional information about the cause of image distortion in the traditional ISAR display.

This thesis deals mainly with the Middle Neolithic period (ca. 3200-2300 BC) on the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea. The aim is to deepen the understanding of how the islanders related to their surroundings, to the landscape, to places, to objects, to animals and to humans, both living and dead. The archaeological material is studied downwards and up with a focus on practices, especially the handling and deposition of materials and objects in graves, within sites and in the landscape. The study is comparative and the Middle Neolithic is described in relation to the Early Neolithic and the Mesolithic period on the island. From a long term perspective the island is presented as a region where strong continuity can be identified, regarding both way of life and economy. In contrast, substantial changes did occur through time regarding the islander’s conceptions of the world and of social relations. This in turn affected the way they looked upon the landscape, different sites and animals, as well as other human beings. During the Mesolithic, the islanders first saw it as possible to create their world, their micro-cosmos, wherever they were, and they saw themselves as living in symbiosis with seals. With time, though, they started to relate, to connect and to identify themselves with the island, its landscape and its material, with axe sites and a growing group identity as results. The growing group identity culminated during the Early Neolithic with a dualistic conception of the world and with ritualised depositions in border zones. The Middle Neolithic is presented as a period when earlier boundaries were dissolved. This concerned, for example, boundaries towards the world around the islanders and they were no longer keeping themselves to their own sphere. At the same time individuals became socially important. It became accepted and also vital to give expression to personal identity, which was done through objects, materials and animals. Despite this, group identity continued to be an important part in their lives. This is most evident through the specific Pitted Ware sites, where the dead were also treated and buried. These places were sites for ritual and social practices, situated in visible, central and easy accessible locations, like gates in and out of the islands’ different areas. The dead were very important for the islanders. In the beginning of MN B they started to adopt aspects from the Battle Axe culture, but they never embraced Battle Axe grave customs. Instead they held on to the Pitted Ware way of dealing with the dead and buried, and to the Pitted Ware sites, through the whole period, with large burial grounds as a result.

Ce travail présente le soldat volontaire dans l’armée grecque durant la guerre gréco-turque de 1919 à 1923. À la lumière des sources primaires comme les archives militaires et diplomatiques, les archives du Premier ministre et du Haut commissaire grec à Smyrne, les témoignages des volontaires ainsi que d’autres archives de l’État grec, cette thèse présente l’homme ordinaire qui a décidé de se présenter volontairement sous les drapeaux durant la guerre en Asie mineure. Celle-ci vise à montrer cet homme dans tout son être multidimensionnel, ses motivations, sa vie sur le front et sa contribution durant les batailles, ses blessures et sa mort, sa « vie » en tant que prisonnier des Turcs, sa réintégration dans la société à la fin de la guerre et le fait que l’historiographie, la société et le monde politique l’ont oublié. / This thesis presents the volunteer soldier of the Greek army during the war between Greece and Turkey that lasted from 1919 until 1923. In the light of primary sources, such as the military and diplomatic archives; the archives of the Prime Minister and the Greek Supreme Commissioner in Smyrna; the memoirs of volunteer soldiers, as well as other archives of the Greek State; this thesis presents the ordinary man who decided to voluntarily join the Greek army during the war in Asia Minor. It aims to present this man through his motivations, his life at the war front and his contribution during the battle, through his wounds and his death, his “life” as a prisoner of the Turks and his reintegration within the society after the war. Finally, this thesis presents how the historiography, the society and the politicians forgot about this ‘soldier man’.

Admiral Thomas C. Hart And The Demise Of The Asiatic Fleet 1941 – 1942 is a chronicle of the opening days of World War II in the Pacific and the demise of the U.S. Navy’s Asiatic Fleet. Beginning with the background of Four Star Admiral Thomas Hart, this chronicle shows the history of the nearly obsolete ships that fought in the beginning of World War II. The reader will come to realize how and why this fleet ceased to exist within ninety days from the start of the war. Historical evidence will show that the damage inflicted on the Japanese was much greater than what was recorded in popular history. Hart was relieved of his command due to political considerations but not a single ship was lost while he was in command of the Asiatic Fleet. Hart fulfilled his orders to preserve the integrity and safety of the American Asiatic Fleet.

This thesis is a study of the events that occurred during the first five months of Fort Duchesne, Utah, between August and December 1886. The primary focus is on Frederick William Benteen, one of the heroes who fought and survived the Battle of the Little Big Horn. The three Ute tribes--Uintah, White River, and Uncompahgne--are also discussed as they pertain to Fort Duchesne.A difficulty arose the first day a site was chosen at Fort Duchesne. Surprisingly, it did not involve the Indians, but the post commander. The central problem is what caused the long delay in building the fort. This study presents several possible theories as to why troops were still billeted in tents during the winter months of December and January. These include Major Benteen's inexperience as a construction engineer commander and his insatiable drinking habit he had acquired.

This thesis is an analysis of Ralph Ellison’s use of color terminology in his novel, Invisible Man. By taking an in depth look at the circumstances in which Ellison uses specific color terms, the reader can ascertain the author’s thoughts on various historical events, as well as the differences between characters in the novel such as Ras, Dr. Bledsoe, and Rinehart.

<p>Finlands kamp mot det mycket större Sovjetunionen under vinterkriget skildras i denna uppsats i form av en fallstudie av slaget i Suomussalmi. Det görs även en beskrivning av de militärteorier som är centrala för analysen i uppsatsen.</p><p>Finlands sätt att strida och nyttja taktiken under detta slag är tillämpbart för att studera militärteorier som Försvarsmakten idag använder i sina doktriner för markarenan. Teorierna som slaget analyseras kring rör manövertänkande, krigföringsförmågan och de taktiska grundprinciperna.</p><p>Uppsatsen undersöker i vilken omfattning den finska sidan använde sig av manövertänkande och vilka förmågor som spelade en avgörande roll i slaget. Även sambandet mellan manövertänkande och de taktiska grundprinciperna undersöks.</p><p>Slutsatserna visar att rörligheten var den förmåga som spelade störst roll för den finska sidans framgångar. Det framkommer också att många finska chefer använde sig av manövertänkande. Slutsatserna visar även hur manövertänkande på ett positivt sätt påverkar chefens möjligheter att använda sig av de taktiska grundprinciperna.</p> / <p>Finland’s struggle against the much larger Soviet union during the Winter War is in this essay described as a case study of the Battle of Suomussalmi. Furthermore, descriptions of the theories of warfare that is essential for the final analysis of the essay.</p><p>The Finnish tactics during this battle are applicable for studies of the warfare theories that the Swedish Armed Forces use in their doctrines for ground combat. The theories that the battle is used for studying are those of maneuver thinking, warfare abilities, and the basic tactical principles.</p><p>The essay discusses to what extent the Finnish commanders used maneuver thinking and what warfare abilities played the essential role for the outcome of the battle. Moreover, the relation between maneuver thinking and the basic tactical principles is resolved.</p><p>The conclusions show that mobility was the ability that played the most significant part for the Finnish Army’s success. They also show that many Finnish commanders used maneuver thinking, and how maneuver thinking adds to the commander’s possibilities to use the basic tactical principles.</p>

The thesis identifies and discusses some fundamental changes that took place during the middle neolithic period in Sweden, with the introduction of the Boat Axe Culture. The possibility of intrepreting the Corded Ware Cultures by way of networks, identified through the regional designes of battle axes, are proposed. With the aid of a reconsideration of the typology of the Swedish boat axes, ethnographic examples of gift-exchanges, and a theoretical reappraisal of the implications of archaeological praxis for prehistorc life-worlds, new possibillities for interpreting the changing role of such prestige items as the boat-axes are presented. A new chronological scheme is also presented for the Swedish boat axes, with a tripartite division of the latter middle neolithic into MN BI-III. The value of the boat axe is further considered to be explicable only in terms of a prestige item, dependent on a system of exchange for its continual valuation. Central to this discussion is the relationship between value and exchange. Several regions within the Swedish Boat Axe Culture are identified, and the boat axes in two of these regions in the southern part of the Mälar valley are thoroughly examined. It is shown that during the cours of the Boat Axe period, the emphasis gradually changed from a regional to an intra-regional focus concerning the development of types and special designes of the boat axes. Identified similarities and dissimilarities of contemporary boat axes within and between regions are explained as a result of a parallel change in gift exchanges, from a regional focus to an intra-regional focus. An hierarchical ordering of the latter middle neolithic soceity is also identified, where only a portion of the boat-axes were selected as burial gifts. This development is chartered onto the broader neolithic development in Sweden, with special focus on the role of prestige items such as battle axes. A fundamental change is identified as taking place during the Boat Axe period, when the full implications of a prestige economy were implemented and the major strategies for power settled on the inter-regional level.

Finlands kamp mot det mycket större Sovjetunionen under vinterkriget skildras i denna uppsats i form av en fallstudie av slaget i Suomussalmi. Det görs även en beskrivning av de militärteorier som är centrala för analysen i uppsatsen. Finlands sätt att strida och nyttja taktiken under detta slag är tillämpbart för att studera militärteorier som Försvarsmakten idag använder i sina doktriner för markarenan. Teorierna som slaget analyseras kring rör manövertänkande, krigföringsförmågan och de taktiska grundprinciperna. Uppsatsen undersöker i vilken omfattning den finska sidan använde sig av manövertänkande och vilka förmågor som spelade en avgörande roll i slaget. Även sambandet mellan manövertänkande och de taktiska grundprinciperna undersöks. Slutsatserna visar att rörligheten var den förmåga som spelade störst roll för den finska sidans framgångar. Det framkommer också att många finska chefer använde sig av manövertänkande. Slutsatserna visar även hur manövertänkande på ett positivt sätt påverkar chefens möjligheter att använda sig av de taktiska grundprinciperna. / Finland’s struggle against the much larger Soviet union during the Winter War is in this essay described as a case study of the Battle of Suomussalmi. Furthermore, descriptions of the theories of warfare that is essential for the final analysis of the essay. The Finnish tactics during this battle are applicable for studies of the warfare theories that the Swedish Armed Forces use in their doctrines for ground combat. The theories that the battle is used for studying are those of maneuver thinking, warfare abilities, and the basic tactical principles. The essay discusses to what extent the Finnish commanders used maneuver thinking and what warfare abilities played the essential role for the outcome of the battle. Moreover, the relation between maneuver thinking and the basic tactical principles is resolved. The conclusions show that mobility was the ability that played the most significant part for the Finnish Army’s success. They also show that many Finnish commanders used maneuver thinking, and how maneuver thinking adds to the commander’s possibilities to use the basic tactical principles.