Description

This textbook introduces the reader to the field of military sociology through narrative reviews of selected key studies in the discipline.

The book provides a guided introduction. In each chapter, the authors set the stage and then immerse the reader in Spotlights that is, descriptions of essential studies that inform the discipline of military sociology. The goal is to afford readers a ready pathway into how sociologists and social scientists have thought about topics in the study of the military and war.

Topics covered in the book include:

  • What is military sociology? What does it have to offer in understanding armed forces, wars, and societies?
  • What basic tools are needed to ply sociological, or more broadly, social science perspectives for studying war and the military?
  • What are the bio-social bases of war? What does the spectrum of such societally organized violence look like?
  • How do societie

Military Sociology

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    A Paperback by David R. Segal, Karin Modesto De Angelis, David R. Segal

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 12/30/2022 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781032252919, 978-1032252919
      ISBN10: 103225291X
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      Description

      This textbook introduces the reader to the field of military sociology through narrative reviews of selected key studies in the discipline.

      The book provides a guided introduction. In each chapter, the authors set the stage and then immerse the reader in Spotlights that is, descriptions of essential studies that inform the discipline of military sociology. The goal is to afford readers a ready pathway into how sociologists and social scientists have thought about topics in the study of the military and war.

      Topics covered in the book include:

      • What is military sociology? What does it have to offer in understanding armed forces, wars, and societies?
      • What basic tools are needed to ply sociological, or more broadly, social science perspectives for studying war and the military?
      • What are the bio-social bases of war? What does the spectrum of such societally organized violence look like?
      • How do societie

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