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A Delirious Welcome to Anyone in Uniform: The GI Experience in Paris, July - September 1944 [PDF]
, 2017 Previous studies of relationships between American GIs and the French population during and after Liberation paint two extremes: one of a perfectly handsome American man doling out candy, cigarettes, and kisses, and the other of a rapist and conqueror ...
Ashton, Bridget E.
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The EU as a Security Provider: Changing Foreign Policy Roles Amongst Nordic EU Member States
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This article addresses the Nordic European Union (EU) member states' changing national role conceptions prompted by concerns about a weakening international rules‐based order, a flagging transatlantic commitment and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Anna Michalski +2 more
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US assessments of Japanese ground warfare tactics and the Army’s campaigns in the Pacific theaters, 1943-45: lessons learned and methods applied [PDF]
, 2009 The article examines the evolution of US intelligence assessments of the Imperial Japanese Army's tactical methods during the Pacific War, and explains how the resulting perceptions influenced the development of American doctrine for fighting the ...
Ford, D
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Interest Rate Pegs and the Reversal Puzzle: On the Role of Anticipation
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, EarlyView.Abstract We revisit the reversal puzzle: a counterintuitive contraction of inflation in response to an interest rate peg. We show that its occurrence is intimately related to the degree of agents' anticipation. If agents perfectly anticipate the peg, reversals occur depending on the duration of the peg.
RAFAEL GERKE +2 more
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American Animated WWII Propaganda Films
, 2022 Animated shorts have always been part of our childhood, whether their goal was to entertain children or educate them. A brief historical summary of how animation started and how it came to the United States is presented. Propaganda and some of its features are also briefly explained and further analyzed in the selected animated cartoons.
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The Welfare Cost of Macroeconomic Uncertainty in the Post-War Period [PDF]
Lucas (1987) has shown the surprising result that the welfare cost of business cycles is quite small. Using standard assumptions on preferences and a fully-fledged econometric model we computed the welfare costs of macroeconomic uncertainty for the post ...
Afonso Arinos de Mello Franco +2 more
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A New Heroine: Transforming the Public Image of the Army Nurse During World War II [PDF]
, 2014 In the wake of the Great Depression, the United States found itself propelled into a world war of unimaginable proportions. Apart from its major political and economic consequences, the Second World War also considerably altered the role of American ...
Vishwanath, Vivek
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Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Since the late 1990s, the pesticide industry has undergone a ‘generics revolution’ as the centre of production, and trade has shifted to the global South. China and India have become major producers, capturing Latin American markets from Northern multinationals. As a major pesticide user and a key node in global supply chains, Argentina offers
Christian Berndt +2 more
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Sustainability of Public Debt: Evidence from Pre-World War II Japan [PDF]
Japan defaulted on its public debts only once throughout its modern history, after World War II (WWII). How did Japan lose its ability to sustain its public debts?
Masato Shizume
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The Impact of Government Policy on Technology Transfer: An Aircraft Industry Case Study [PDF]
, 2003 This case study explores the interaction between domestic and foreign governmental policy on technology transfer with the goal of exploring the long-term impacts of technology transfer. Specifically, the impact of successive licensing of fighter aircraft
King, David, Nowack, Mark L
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