| Description |
1 online resource (349 pages) |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; The Editors; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; Part I: War on the ground: combat and its aftermath; 1 Fighting two protracted wars: Recruiting and retention with an all-volunteer force; 2 Fighting the irregular war in Afghanistan: Success in combat; struggles in stabilization; 3 Learning the lessons of counterinsurgency; 4 Twenty-first century narratives from Afghanistan: Storytelling, morality, and war; 5 Two US combat units in Iraq: Psychological contracts when expectations and realities diverge |
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6 Capture of Saddam Hussein: Social network analysis and counterinsurgency operations7 Apples, barrels, and Abu Ghraib; 8 The war on terror in the early twenty-first century: Applying lessons from sociological classics and sites of abuse; Part II: War on the ground: non-combat operations, non-combatants, and operators; 9 Policing post-war Iraq: Insurgency, civilian police, and the reconstruction of society; 10 Policin |
| Summary |
Provides an introduction to sociological and behavioral research on the effects of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Analyzing the effect of the two wars on military personnel and civilians, this handbook is of interest to students of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, military sociology and psychology, war studies, anthropology, and US politics |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
United States. Armed Forces.
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| SUBJECT |
Armed Forces (United States) fast |
| Subject |
Afghan War, 2001-2021.
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Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Social aspects
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Americans -- Afghanistan
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Sociology, Military -- Afghanistan
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Iraq War, 2003-2011.
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Social aspects
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Americans -- Iraq
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Sociology, Military -- Iraq
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Americans
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Social aspects
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Sociology, Military
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Afghanistan
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Iraq
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ender, Morten G
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| ISBN |
9780203844335 |
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0203844335 |
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1282886118 |
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9781282886117 |
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