Doctoral Dissertations in Military History

This is the thirty-fifth supplement to Doctoral Dissertations in Military Affairs: A Bibliography (Manhattan: Kansas State University Library, 1972). Information on dissertations published in the United Kingdom is based on: (1) Historical Research for University Degrees in the United Kingdom, published each May by the University of London Institute of Historical Research; or (2) the quarterly Index to Theses, which is listed as ITT, vol. # (issue #), year. The compilers would appreciate information regarding omissions and dissertations completed outside the United States. Write: Edward A. Goedeken, Parks Library, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011.

Listings below include the order number of the dissertation (which may be purchased from University Microfilms International, Dissertation Copies, P. O. Box 1764, Ann Arbor, MI 48106) and the issue of Dissertation Abstracts International in which the abstract appeared. If no DAI issue is given, the dissertation is from a university that does not cooperate with DAI. For dissertations with no order number (n.o.n.), researchers should contact the university directly. For universities located in Canada, microfiche copies of dissertations are available from the National Library, Ottawa, Canada. In addition, the Center for Research Libraries holds a collection of foreign doctoral dissertations, which can be used through interlibrary loan. Write: Director, The Center for Research Libraries, 5721 Cottage Grove Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637. The subject field for entries is history unless it is spelled out or indicated by one of the following abbreviations:

AS = American Studies

EC = Economics

JO = Journalism

MC = Mass Communications

PSY = Psychology

SP = Speech

BA = Business Administration

ED = Education/Educational Psych.

LIT = Literature

PS = Political Science/International Relations/Public Admin.

SO = Sociology/Social Work

Section I: Studies in World Military History

A. Ancient History

Blodgett, Michael D. "Attila, Flegellum Dei? Huns and Romans, Conflict and Cooperation in the Late Antique World," University of California, Santa Barbara, 2007, DA 3274455, Jan. 2008.

Caldwell, Craig H., III. "Contesting Late Roman Illyricum: Invasions and Transformations in the Danubian-Balkan Provinces," Princeton University, 2007, DA 3273508, Jan. 2008.

Levithan, Joshua C. "Siege Warfare and Combat Motivation in the Roman Army," Yale University, 2007, DA 3267296, Dec. 2007.

Van Nort, Richard M. "The Battle of Adrianople and the Military Doctrine of Vegetius," City University of New York, 2007, DA 3283191, Mar. 2008.

B. Asia/Oceania

Bednar, Michael Boris. "Conquest and Resistance in Context: A Historiographical Reading of Sanskrit and Persian Battle Narratives," University of Texas at Austin, 2007, DA 3271386, Dec. 2007.

Butler, Marcia. "Reflections of a Military Medium: Ritual and Magic in Eleventh and Twelfth Century Chinese Military Manuals," Cornell University, 2007, DA 3276767, Feb. 2008.

Chase, Michael S. "Explaining Taiwan's Response to Chinese Military Modernization: Alliance Dynamics, Threat Perceptions, and Domestic Politics," Johns Hopkins University, 2008 (PS), DA 3288570, May 2008.

Neilson, David D. "Society at War: Eyewitness Accounts of Sixteenth Century Japan," University of Oregon, 2007, DA 3285619, Apr. 2008.

Olberding, Garret. "Towards Imperial Conviction: The Use of Evidence in the Military Memorials of the Early Hun," University of Chicago, 2007, DA 3273053, Feb. 2008.

Pasquale, Charles D. "Pivotal Deterrence and U.S. Security Policy in the Taiwan Strait," Old Dominion University, 2007 (PS), DA 3264827, Nov. 2007.

Pennington, Lee Kennedy. "Wartorn Japan: Disabled Veterans and Society, 1931-1952," Columbia University, 2005, DA 3271882, Jan. 2008.

Spafford, David Andrew Michael. "War and Territorial Imagination in Late Medieval Japan," University of California, Berkeley, 2006, DA 3254083, Sept. 2007.

Zhang, Yimin. "The Role of Literati in Military Action during the Ming-Qing Transition Period," McGill University (Canada), 2006, DANR 27860, Nov. 2007.

C. Africa

Decker, Alicia Catharine. "Beyond the Barrel: Women, Gender, and Military Rule in Idi Amin's Uganda, 1971-1979," Emory University, 2007 (WOMEN"S STUDIES), DA 3279869, Mar. 2008.

Maulden , Patricia A. "Former Child Soldiers and Sustainable Peace Processes: Demilitarizing the Body, Heart, and Mind," George Mason University, 2007 (PS), DA 3270239, Jan. 2008.

Nickels, Benjamin P. "Unsettling French Algeria: Settlement, Terror, and Violence in the French-Algerian War (1954-1962)" University of Chicago, 2007, DA 3287069, Apr. 2008.

Raleigh, Clionadh. "The Political Geography of Civil War: Insurgencies in Central Africa," University of Colorado at Boulder, 2007 (GEOGRAPHY), DA 3284499, May...