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Army and Navy in Eleventh-Century Byzantium
This chapter is dedicated to detailed overview of Byzantine military forces in the course of the eleventh century, as they were the pillars of the...
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Fighting Together but Apart
This chapter examines how the German Empire’s contingent-based army fared during the First World War. In August 1914, Bavarians, Prussians, Saxons,...
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Conclusion
The German army that emerged from the Wars of Unification in 1871 has commonly been seen as the “school of the nation.” After all—so this argument...
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Introduction
The German army that emerged from the Wars of Unification in 1871 has commonly been seen as the “school of the nation.” After all—so this argument...
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The Impact of War on Cyprus: During and After the War
Cypriot units of the British Army fought in both World Wars. Even though one could argue that neither of the two World Wars directly involved Cyprus,...
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Introduction
When Sir Winston Churchill visited the island in February 1943, little did he know that Cyprus would contribute more than 3% of its total population...
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Kazuomi Uchida, the Chief of Maritime Staff
This chapter focuses on the figure of Admiral Kazuomi Uchida, former chief of staff, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), who provided...
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Minesweepers Crossing the Sea Again
This chapter describes Japan’s response to the Gulf War, the first major international security crisis in the post-Cold War period, and focuses on...
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James E. Auer and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
The author’s visit to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Officer Candidate School in the city of Etajima, Hiroshima, illustrates the...
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Arleigh Burke and the Founding of the JMSDF
The decommissioning of a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) vessel provides a window into US Navy support for the JMSDF as promoted by former...
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A Dogwood in Etajima, a Cherry Tree in Annapolis
This chapter follows Auer’s later career after he retired from the Navy, including his appointment working with Richard L. Armitage in the Department...
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A Troublesome Relationship: The US Grand Strategy and NATO
The paper aims to provide a long-term overview of how the US grand strategy and NATO posture interacted and evolved side by side. The developoment of...
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The Anglo-American Special Relationship and NATO: The Past and the Present as Indicators of What Might Come Next?
Anglo-American relations have traditionally been of considerable importance and an outstanding exemplar of internationally felt we-ness. One only...
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NATO and the Fight Against International Terrorism
Until 2001, NATO considered the terrorist threat as a secondary phenomenon with a limited impact on the Alliance. The 9/11 attacks marked a radical...
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The Role of NATO in European Integration
The chapter reviews the relationship between NATO and European defence cooperation from its inception until the recent establishment of an organic...
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Russia-NATO-US: From Detente to Impossible Cooperation
In 1997 one would have never imagined that, in twenty years, NATO-Russia relations would come to a standstill without significant progress. In...
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Epilogue: Emancipation and Popular Politics—An Aporia of Liberalism
This closing chapter presents an aporia brought up by early liberalism: modernity demands emancipation in order to generate free and independent...
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Royalist Commitment in the Age of the Atlantic Revolutions (1770s–1820s): Some Initial Definitions and Guidelines for Future Research
This chapter sets out the conceptual framework and the academic approach to royalism—a term with complex and changing meanings. The author explains...
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A Kingdom of This World: Ultramontanism and the Mobilization of the Masses During the Papacy of Pius IX (1846–78)
This chapter analyses the consolidation of ultramontane and papal mobilization in Latin America from a transatlantic and transnational perspective....
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Cyprus Volunteer Force: Local Forces in Defence of the Island
It was not until a few days after the declaration of war that the British rulers of Cyprus adopted the idea of forming a unit to serve as a local...