Thesis (M.A.)--University of Canterbury, 2007. / Typescript (photocopy). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 175-182). Also available via the World Wide Web.

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One of the most perplexing issues for students of politics is the proper role of externalization in accounting for interstate conflict. This process, which connects events at the domestic and international levels, also has been referred to as conflict linkage, conflict and cohesion, diversion and projection. The diverse terminology is fitting, because the pursuit by national elites of internal cohesion through external conflict is anything but a matter of consensus among scholars. / The present investigation will seek a more precise delineation of causes and effects. Following a review of the research program on conflict linkage, a reformulated model of externalization will be presented. Propositions will be derived from the model. Data pertaining to the experiences of the United States, the United Kingdom, and France at the domestic level and in international crises during the post-World War II era will be used to evaluate the propositions. These results will be in turn compared to the more traditional explanation on the causes of international conflict; namely, theories derived from the Realist perspective. The study then concludes with some recommendations for further research on the linkage of domestic and foreign conflict.

Thesis (M.S.)--Air Force Institute of Technology, 2008. / AFIT/GOR/ENS/08-21. Title from title page of PDF document (viewed on: Mar. 31, 2008). "March 2008." Includes bibliographical references (leaves [257-263]).

Thesis (M.S.)--Air Force Institute of Technology, 2008. / AFIT/GOR/ENS/08-21. Title from title page of PDF document (viewed on: Mar. 31, 2008). "March 2008." Includes bibliographical references (leaves [257-263]).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Duke University, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--Air Force Institute of Technology, 2008. / AFIT/GOR/ENS/08-21. Title from title page of PDF document (viewed on: Jul 15, 2008). "March 2008." Includes bibliographical references (leaves [257-263]).

Thesis (B.A.)--Haverford College, Dept. of Economics, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references.

While there have been several rich studies that have provided insight into the teachings of Xenophon that emerge from a careful reading of the Cyropaedia, the problem of reconciling the apparent good rule of Cyrus with the ruin of his empire persists. I argue that this problem can be reconciled by focusing on the problem that Xenophon initially informs us he is interested in, political stability.

The present study is an effort to examine and understand the relationship between modernization and political instability. The following chapters focus on the effects of modernization on political instability. Data on twenty-four African nations are analyzed to test empirically the validity of the hypothesis. Chapter IV concludes the thesis by offering a general summary and conclusions.