External discipline during counterinsurgency: a Philippine war case study, 1900-1901

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The counterinsurgency effort of the US in the turn-of-the-century Philippines was marked by the appearance of strict dispension of justice for both American soldiers and Filipino civilians. Though American atrocities were committed in the name of martial law, US soldiers were quick to be punished for their own offenses. The standards of the laws being applied left Filipino civilians far more likely to be punished, but by maintaining the appearance of justice, the US military was able to more quickly overcome the insurgency.

Management, Political aspects, United States history, Counterinsurgency, Martial law

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The 'Enola Gay' and Japan's struggle to surrender

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The Smithsonian Institution's 'Enola Gay' exhibit raised many questions, in 1995, on the use of atomic bomb in World War II and its role in bringing the war to an end. The Japanese were reluctant to surrender unconditionally and were determined to fight unto death. It was a military decision, on the part of America, to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After bombing, the Japanese emperor agreed to end the war, in spite of some opposition from certain sections of the army.

Analysis, Japan, History, World War II, 1939-1945, Japanese history, Bombings

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"Only as dust in the face of the wind": an analysis of the BRAVO nuclear incident in the Pacific, 1954

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The United States in 1954 detonated a thermonuclear weapon known as BRAVO in the Marshall Islands. The author argues that this incident devastated the ecological environment, seriously harmed Japanese fisherman and Marshallese inhabitants, and reflected the low regard in which the United States held the Marshallese.

United States, Marshall Islands, Testing, International relations, Military aspects, United States foreign relations, Oceanians, Pacific Islanders, Cold War, 1945-1991, Hydrogen bomb, Hydrogen bombs

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