In this doctoral thesis (Amsterdam, 1990), parts of which were published before as articles, it is argued "that far more facts about revolutions and collective violence exist on file than we can cogently explain, and that this predicament owes to fallacies of concept, theory, and method namely, essentialism in defining 'revolution', reliance on the volcanic model to explain it, and resort to 'i...

OBJECTIVE To identify the impact of the first world war on the lifespan of participating military personnel (including in veterans who survived the war). DESIGN Comparison of two cohorts of military personnel, followed to death. SETTING Military personnel leaving New Zealand to participate in the first world war. PARTICIPANTS From a dataset of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces, we rand...

How have house prices evolved over the long run? This paper presents annual house prices for 14 advanced economies since 1870. We show that real house prices stayed constant from the 19th to the mid-20th century, but rose strongly and with substantial crosscountry variation in the second half of the 20th century. Land prices, not replacement costs, are the key to understanding the trajectory of...

Large group counseling sessions for soldiers following battle have been commonly used since World War II. The author conceptualizes and demonstrates how these mini-marathon sessions can be adapted to support all ages and types of civilians involved in disasters. Mini-marathons take about 3 hours and are divided into three sections: story sharing, symptom sharing, and suggestions for self-help, ...

Since its inception in 1995, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has arbitrated trade disputes between its members in part by deciding whether unilateral actions by its 134 member nations such as trade bans or restrictions violate international free trade rules and authorizing penalties against members that are found to be noncompliant with such rules. The WTO is criticized by those who believe ...

Greenland is an enormous hunk of ice, three times as big as Texas, with a narrow fringe along the southern shore where a few Eskimos and fewer Caucasians scratch out an existence. During World War II the United States spread a protecting wing over this inhospitable territory ... Greenland groans under a ponderous icecap that leaves only a slim margin of land sticking out around the edges. (Rouc...

The objective of this paper is to clarify the characteristics of alliance network that Japan belonged to after the World War II. On that alliance network, which Japan belonged to after the World War II, iterated prisoner's dilemma game will be played.

characterized by environmental deprivation , disease, and isolation. The psychiatric lessons of World War I had to be relearned and expanded during World War II to include physical stressors.

Sergeant Varisano was part of an art team called upon to document Operation Desert Shield in the Persian Gulf War. This watercolor, depicting the loneliness and responsibility of guard duty, also depicts all soldiers who, by virtue of being soldiers, set aside their individual autonomy for this period to be part of the team and the mission.