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Title: CONFLICT RECURRENCE IN RWANDA AND BURUNDI.
Creator: Ritter, Kellan H, Powell, Jonathan, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: This thesis argues that the different reactions of the population and rival elites to executive attempts to extend term limits in Rwanda and Burundi reflect the different ways civil wars ended in these two countries. In Rwanda, a military victory resulted in institutions that placed less constraint on the ruling party, while in Burundi, a negotiated settlement placed comparatively greater constraints on the ruling party. As a result, the major party in Rwanda was more powerful than the major...
Show moreThis thesis argues that the different reactions of the population and rival elites to executive attempts to extend term limits in Rwanda and Burundi reflect the different ways civil wars ended in these two countries. In Rwanda, a military victory resulted in institutions that placed less constraint on the ruling party, while in Burundi, a negotiated settlement placed comparatively greater constraints on the ruling party. As a result, the major party in Rwanda was more powerful than the major power in Burundi, and thus more capable to co-opt or coerce the opposition. This paper uses a most-similar case design to test the hypothesis that civil wars that end in negotiated settlements are more likely to become unstable than a civil war that ends in a military victory when executives attempt to extend their term limits and finds that the civil war outcome was instrumental in explaining the divergent reactions in both countries. This paper has important implications for those interested in post-conflict situations and executive term-limit extensions.
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Date Issued: 2017
Identifier: CFH2000247, ucf:46051
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH2000247

Title: Rivalry-Prone Dyads? Interstate Religious Differences and Military Conflict.
Creator: Elkhaldi, Manar, Kinsey, Barbara, Handberg, Roger, Dolan, Thomas, Rudkevich, Gennady, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: The link between religion and interstate military conflict has attracted a lot of attention among scholars of international relations and also foreign policy makers and religious organizations. This study examines whether religious differences between states in a dyad may partly affect various types of militarized conflict. It is argued in the literature that religion promotes stronger loyalty and sense of obligation than other cultural identities (Juergensmeyer, 1993); I argue that religious...
Show moreThe link between religion and interstate military conflict has attracted a lot of attention among scholars of international relations and also foreign policy makers and religious organizations. This study examines whether religious differences between states in a dyad may partly affect various types of militarized conflict. It is argued in the literature that religion promotes stronger loyalty and sense of obligation than other cultural identities (Juergensmeyer, 1993); I argue that religious identity may be used by states effectively to mobilize people by means of rhetoric to generate and sustain popular support for conflict with other states. Thus I expect that states with different predominant religions to be more likely to engage in various dimensions of rivalry. The objective of this research is to contribute to understanding why certain dyads may be more likely to engage in military conflict. I construct new datasets and develop statistical models to evaluate the connection between religion and interstate military conflict. I focus on the onset of different types of interstate rivalries and war and examine the link of each of these types with different kinds of religious differences. I explore whether (a) interstate dyads with religious difference, (b) Christian/Muslim dyads, and (c) interstate dyads with different religious denominations have a higher propensity to engage in (a) enduring rivalry, (b) rivalry recurrence, and (c) war. This study covers the time period between 1945 and 2001. I conduct the analyses using logit models that incorporate alternative explanations of each of these three dimensions of rivalry. In addition, I provide a case study of the 1947 India-Pakistan war to examine closer the mechanism of the relationship between religious difference in this dyad and war. Analysis results suggest that dyads with (")religious difference(") are associated with rivalry recurrence and war; (")Christian/Muslim Differences(") do not appear to have an effect on rivalry. The findings of this research are expected to offer a better understanding of rivalry between dyads.
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Date Issued: 2016
Identifier: CFE0006296, ucf:51615
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0006296

Title: Youth in the world.
Creator: Motyleva,T.
Date Issued: 1934
Identifier: 369427, CFDT369427, ucf:5450
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/369427

Title: World peace or war?.
Creator: Kalinin, M. I. (Mikhail Ivanovich)
Date Issued: 1938
Identifier: 2683083, CFDT2683083, ucf:5026
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2683083

Title: TRIANON AND THE PREDESTINATION OF HUNGARIAN POLITICS: A HISTORIOGRAPHY OF HUNGARIAN REVISIONISM, 1918-1944.
Creator: Bartha, Dezso, Pauley, Bruce, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: This thesis proposes to link certain consistent themes in the historiography of interwar and wartime Hungary. Hungary's inability to successfully resolve its minority problems led to the nation's dismemberment at Trianon in 1920 after World War I. This fostered a national Hungarian reaction against the Trianon settlement called the revisionist movement. This revisionist "Trianon syndrome" totally dominated Hungarian politics in the interwar period. As Hungary sought allies against the hated...
Show moreThis thesis proposes to link certain consistent themes in the historiography of interwar and wartime Hungary. Hungary's inability to successfully resolve its minority problems led to the nation's dismemberment at Trianon in 1920 after World War I. This fostered a national Hungarian reaction against the Trianon settlement called the revisionist movement. This revisionist "Trianon syndrome" totally dominated Hungarian politics in the interwar period. As Hungary sought allies against the hated peace settlements of the Great War, Hungarian politics irrevocably tied the nation to the policies of Nazi Germany, and Hungary became nefariously assessed as "Hitler's last ally," which initially stained the nation's reputation after World War II. Although some historians have blamed the interwar Hungarian government for the calamity that followed Hungary's associations with Nazi Germany, this thesis proposes that there was little variation between what could have happened and what actually became the nation's fate in World War II. A new interpretation therefore becomes evident: the injustices of Trianon, Hungary's geopolitical position in the heart of Europe, and the nation's unfortunate orientation between the policies of Nazi Germany and Bolshevik Russia predestined the nation to its fate in World War II. There was no other choice for Hungarian policy in World War II but the Axis alliance. The historian of East Central Europe faces a formidable challenge in that the national histories of this region are often contradictory. Hungarian historiography is directly countered by the historical theories and propositions of its Czech, Serb, and Rumanian enemies. By historiographical analysis of the histories of Hungary, its enemies among the Successor States, and neutral sources, this thesis will demonstrate that many contemporary historians tend to support the primary theses of Hungarian historiography. Many of the arguments of the Hungarian interwar government are now generally supported by objective historians, while the historiographical suppositions of the Successor States at the Paris Peace Conference have become increasingly reduced to misinformation, falsification, exaggeration, and propaganda. The ignorance of the minority problems and ethnic history of East Central Europe led to an unjust settlement in 1919 and 1920, and by grossly favoring the victors over the vanquished, the Paris Peace Treaties greatly increased the probability of a second and even more terrible World War.
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Date Issued: 2006
Identifier: CFE0000936, ucf:46724
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0000936

Title: PREDATORY WAR: A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE.
Creator: Chapman, John, Dolan, Thomas, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: This thesis attempts to explain the reasons states choose to prey on other states or territories. A way of testing significance was devised and three variables were produced: Proclivity to violence, winning coalition size, and whether or not a war of conquest took place. The scope for this project was the time period of 1900-1950 and the location was Europe. The European countries were then refined down to a list of 10 states based on power ratings used in the Correlates of War. Then the...
Show moreThis thesis attempts to explain the reasons states choose to prey on other states or territories. A way of testing significance was devised and three variables were produced: Proclivity to violence, winning coalition size, and whether or not a war of conquest took place. The scope for this project was the time period of 1900-1950 and the location was Europe. The European countries were then refined down to a list of 10 states based on power ratings used in the Correlates of War. Then the leaders of each of these states were rated on a scale of 1 - 5 on personal violence, or how inclined they were to act violently. In order to determine this number their biographies were researched and specific traits were used to determine if they were violent individuals. These include military service, criminal history, participation in violent sports, support of military action, participation in a war effort, and any other examples of violent behavior. Second, the winning coalition size of each of these leader's states was determined as an indicator of the amount of domestic support a leader had. This was ascertained by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita's rating system. The third variable, the occurrence of a war of conquest, was determined by finding if there was a war of conquest that took place during the tenure of the individual leaders. The hypothesis is that a leader with a high proclivity to violence and a small winning coalition size will have presided over more wars of conquest than leaders with a low proclivity to violence and a large winning coalition. The three variables were compiled at the individual leader level totaling 151 cases and 10 countries. Then they were tested using the SPSS statistical program using a binary logistic regression. The results showed no significance between the variables. When tested individually however the independent variable of proclivity towards violence showed a p-value of .054, making it nearly significant at the .05 level. This finding illustrates a potentially significant correlation between the individual violence level of a leader and whether or not they initiate or continue a war of conquest.
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Date Issued: 2013
Identifier: CFH0004509, ucf:45197
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004509

Title: THE NEWS MEDIA AND PUBLIC OPINION: THE PRESS COVERAGE OF U.S. INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS AND ITS EFFECT ON PRESIDENTIAL APPROVAL.
Creator: McCullough, Kristen, Fine, Terri, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: A standing phenomenon exists in the fields of both political science and communication studies regarding the impact that the news media have on public opinion. This study recognizes the average American citizens' reliance on the press to gain information about international conflicts. Hence, it is theorized that news reports on a political occurrence could very well influence the mass-level opinion of an event such that positive news stories generate positive public opinion, and vice...
Show moreA standing phenomenon exists in the fields of both political science and communication studies regarding the impact that the news media have on public opinion. This study recognizes the average American citizens' reliance on the press to gain information about international conflicts. Hence, it is theorized that news reports on a political occurrence could very well influence the mass-level opinion of an event such that positive news stories generate positive public opinion, and vice versa. Since foreign crises define a presidency in the public's minds, presidential approval ratings determine the degree to which the news media manipulate public opinion. Specifically, news media coverage of two international conflicts, the Vietnam and Persian Gulf Wars, are analyzed in light of their effect on American citizens' public opinion of Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and George H. W. Bush, respectively.
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Date Issued: 2009
Identifier: CFE0002701, ucf:48167
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0002701

Title: Hidden Scars: The Art of PTSD.
Creator: Gonzalez, Gabriel, Price, Mark, Kovach, Keith, Raimundi-Ortiz, Wanda, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: Through the use of mixed media, I explore imagery that reveals the trauma of returning combat veterans, of which I am one, as we try to reintegrate into a society that does not understand the war that still lingers within us. In my work, I depict emotional disturbances that are related to my personal encounters with war.My working process starts by referencing mainstream media imagery, which I juxtapose against harsh images inspired by veterans' drug and alcohol use, trauma and death.My black...
Show moreThrough the use of mixed media, I explore imagery that reveals the trauma of returning combat veterans, of which I am one, as we try to reintegrate into a society that does not understand the war that still lingers within us. In my work, I depict emotional disturbances that are related to my personal encounters with war.My working process starts by referencing mainstream media imagery, which I juxtapose against harsh images inspired by veterans' drug and alcohol use, trauma and death.My black-and-white pixelated paintings feature the fragmented memories of a hostile combat environment, and although (")Out of My Mind(") depicts the chaotic emotions associated with PTSD, my whimsical style of illustration suggests a detachment from reality.Whether we call it shell shock, battle fatigue or PTSD, the war-related disorder is real. I want society to be aware of the hidden scars that our veterans carry with them. I do not anticipate my subject matter changing any time soon.
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Date Issued: 2013
Identifier: CFE0004684, ucf:49857
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0004684

Title: Operation murder.
Creator: Goldstein, Anatole, Maximilian Hurwitz
Date Issued: 1949
Identifier: 369645, CFDT369645, ucf:5458
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/369645

Title: Reconciling Ex Ante Expectations with the Ex Post Reality: A Look at the Effectiveness of Third-Party Diplomatic Interventions in Civil Wars.
Creator: Benchimol, Matthew, Handberg, Roger, Kinsey, Barbara, Mousseau, Michael, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: Research has begun to focus on the role third-party diplomatic intervention plays in the length of civil conflicts. Diplomatic interventions by a third-party actor are assumed to help resolve or alleviate violence over time. Is this really the case? Hypotheses relating to these aspects of civil wars are proposed to test this long-standing assumption. This thesis uses statistical analysis to observe the relationship between diplomatic interventions and civil war duration and then observe the...
Show moreResearch has begun to focus on the role third-party diplomatic intervention plays in the length of civil conflicts. Diplomatic interventions by a third-party actor are assumed to help resolve or alleviate violence over time. Is this really the case? Hypotheses relating to these aspects of civil wars are proposed to test this long-standing assumption. This thesis uses statistical analysis to observe the relationship between diplomatic interventions and civil war duration and then observe the relationship between duration and civil war violence. The data incorporates approximately 150 civil wars from 1945 to 1999, 101 of which had outside interventions. This thesis finds that, contrary to ex ante expectations, diplomatic interventions are a significant contributing factor to civil war length. Furthermore, longer civil wars are not associated with more civil war intensity in the aggregate, suggesting that longer civil wars do not mean more violent or intense ones.
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Date Issued: 2015
Identifier: CFE0005578, ucf:50253
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0005578

Title: Peace key.
Creator: Weatherwax, John Martin
Date Issued: 1946
Identifier: 1927036, CFDT1927036, ucf:4796
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/1927036

Title: The military and naval history of the rebellion in the United States: with biographical sketches of deceased officers.
Creator: Tenney, William Jewett
Description: The book provides a general history of the Civil War, describing the battles, related political events and relevant issues of equipment and medicine. On title page "Illustrated with steel plate portraits." Includes 843 pages, additional leaves of portraits, and 10 pages on roman numerals. The portraits are engraved by H.W. Smith. Also includes maps and index. Special Collections copy lacks folded map. The copy has inscription: Presented to John Lusadder by his grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Geo Nelson, New years 1892.
Date Created: 1865
Identifier: DP0010863, E491.T29
Format: E-book
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0010863

Title: Texts of speeches on armed forces of the United Nations on foreign territory in Committee I of the United Nations General Assembly, November 1946, New York City.
Creator: Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich
Date Issued: 1946
Identifier: 1927628, CFDT1927628, ucf:4881
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/1927628

Title: The politics of peace.
Creator: Bailey, Gerald
Date Issued: 1963
Identifier: 2176768, CFDT2176768, ucf:4924
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2176768

Title: Whither Germany?.
Creator: Merker, Paul Friedrich
Date Issued: 1943
Identifier: 2669181, CFDT2669181, ucf:5010
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2669181

Title: What Russia did for victory.
Creator: Kournakoff, Sergei Nicholas
Date Issued: 1945
Identifier: 2669173, CFDT2669173, ucf:5006
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2669173

Title: The big lie of war prosperity.
Creator: Burton, Bernard
Date Issued: 1952
Identifier: 363246, CFDT363246, ucf:5273
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/363246

Title: Anti-Semitism: What it means and how to combat it.
Creator: Gallacher, William, Browder, Earl Russell
Date Issued: 1943
Identifier: 361650, CFDT361650, ucf:5268
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/361650

Title: Spain: Battleground of democracy.
Creator: Herring, Hubert Clinton
Date Issued: 1937
Identifier: 2683216, CFDT2683216, ucf:5039
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2683216

Title: The atom bomb and you.
Creator: Clark, Joseph, Weinstone, William
Date Issued: 1951
Identifier: 2683674, CFDT2683674, ucf:5111
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2683674

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