Doctor of Philosophy (Economics) / This dissertation asks how foreign assistance to one or both sides in a civil war affects the dynamics of the conflict. This overarching question is subsequently divided into two further questions: 1) how does foreign intervention affect the capabilities of the recipient, and 2) how does this affect the nature of the warfare. The puzzle for the first is that the impact of foreign intervention on combat effectiveness frequently varies significantly between recipients. This variation is explained by recipients’ different abilities to convert the inputs of foreign intervention into the outputs of fighting capability. The nature of the warfare in civil war will change in line with the balance of military capabilities between the belligerents. The balance of capabilities will be responsible for the form of warfare at a particular place and time whether it be conventional, irregular or guerrilla/counter-guerrilla. The argument is then illustrated with two extensive case studies, of civil wars in Angola and Afghanistan, where temporal and spatial variation in the type of warfare is shown to correlate with the type, degree, and direction of foreign intervention.

PhD / This thesis examines the participation of British ‘soldiers of conscience’ in the Greek War of Independence, the Spanish Civil War and the Russo-Finnish War. By considering both the response of the British government to the participation of its nationals in foreign conflicts, and the perceptions and experiences of the volunteers themselves, it argues for the applicability of a legitimating ‘politics of violence’ as means for understanding the historical construction of warfare.

Thesis (M.S. in Operations Research)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 1990. / Thesis Advisor(s): Johnson, Laura. Second Reader: Parry, Sam H. "September 1990." Description based on title screen as viewed on December 21, 2009. DTIC Identifier(s): Chemical Warfare Casualties, Chemical Warfare Agents, Mathematical Models. Author(s) subject terms: Chemical Casualties, Chemical Warfare, Regression, CHEMCAS. Includes bibliographical references (p. 36-37). Also available in print.

Thesis (M.S.)--Naval Postgraduate School, 2002. / Thesis advisor(s): Thomas Lucas, Saverio Manago. Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-149). Also available online.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Trinity International University, 2001. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 195-201).

Thesis (M.S.)--Naval Postgraduate School, 2002. / Thesis advisor(s): Peter R. Lavoy, Steven J. Iatrou. Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-57). Also available online.

Thesis (D. Miss.)--Western Seminary, Portland, OR, 2000. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 119-126).

Thesis--School of Advanced Airpower Studies. / Title from title screen (viewed Oct. 9, 2003). "May 1992." Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis--School of Advanced Airpower Studies. / Title from title screen (viewed Oct. 21, 2003). "June 1995." Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis--School of Advanced Airpower Studies, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., 1992-93. / Title from title screen (viewed Oct. 22, 2003). "May 1993." Includes bibliographical references.