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Book SynopsisSuitable for those who wants to know more about the working of the army at grass-roots level, this book offers a sociological study of an operational army unit. It shows vividly how this conforms and conflicts with the formal demands of the military organization.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements, viii; Chapter One The Army and the Private Soldier, 1; Chapter Two Military Law-Interpretation and Application, 12; Chapter Three Basic Training-Organisational Socialisation, 21; Chapter Four Basic Training: Its Unofficial Face, 44; Chapter Five 'Real Soldiering' in the Battalion, 63; Chapter Six The Battalion: 'Us' and 'Them' Revisited, 81; Chapter Seven The Operational Environment and Combat, 97; Chapter Eight A Licentious Soldiery? (Off-Duty Time), 112; Chapter Nine Occupational Values and Beliefs, 123; Chapter Ten Some Conclusions: Conflicts, Tensions and Paradoxes, 141; Glossary, 162; Bibliography, 173; Index, 183.
