Browsing Duke Dissertations by Subject "War"

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Strong Horse or Paper Tiger? Assessing the Reputational Effects of War Fighting

Cochran, Kathryn McNabb (2011)

<p>This dissertation examines whether war has reputational consequences by analyzing the conditions under which third party actors are more or less likely to challenge combatants after the war is over. I develop a theory ...
Utopia/Dystopia: Japan's Image of the Manchurian Ideal

Shepherdson-Scott, Kari (2012)

<p>This project focuses on the visual culture that emerged from Japan's relationship with Manchuria during the Manchukuo period (1932-1945). It was during this time that Japanese official and popular interest in the region ...
When War is Our Daily Bread: Congo, Theology, and the Ethics of Contemporary Conflict

Kiess, John (2011)

<p>This dissertation approaches the problem of war in Christian ethics through the lens of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Drawing upon memoirs, letters, sermons, and fieldwork, it shifts the focus of moral inquiry from ...