Handbook of the sociology of the military / edited by Giuseppe Caforio.

Some historical notes / Giuseppe Caforio
Social research and the military : a cross-national expert survey / Giuseppe Caforio and Marina Nuciari
Models and explanations for military organization : an updated reconsideration / Marina Nuciari
The order of violence : norms, rules, and taboos of organized violence and the de-legitimization of the military / Wilfried von Bredow
The military and the use of force : corporate interests and war / Thomas Lindemann and Michel Louis Martin
Military mobilization in modern western societies / James Burk
Civil-military relations / Vladimir O. Rukavishnikov and Michael Pugh
Democratic control of armed forces : relevance, issues, and research agenda / Hans Born
The military as a tribe among tribes : postmodern armed forces and civil-military relations? / Bernard Boëne
Soldiers and governments in postpraetorian Africa : cases in the francophone area / Michel Louis Martin
Military families and the armed forces : a two-sided affair? / René Moelker and Irene van der Kloet
Implications for military families of changes in the armed forces of the United States / Mady Wechsler Segal and David R. Segal
Military culture / Joseph L. Soeters, Donna J. Winslow, and Alise Weibull
Military officer education / Giuseppe Caforio
Women in the military : sociological arguments for integration / Marina Nuciari
Diversity in the armed forces / Donna J. Winslow, Lindy Heinecken, and Joseph L. Soeters
Unionization of the military : representation of the interests of military personnel / Giuseppe Caforio
Restructuring of the armed forces / Philippe Manigart
Conversion of the military : resource-reuse perspective after the end of the Cold War / Ljubica Jelušic
The decline of the European mass armies / Karl W. Haltiner
Technology, organization, and power / René Moelker
Building flexible forces for the 21st century : key challenges for the contemporary armed services / Christopher Dandeker
A soldier is a soldier is a soldier!? The military and its soldiers in an era of globalization / Gerhard Kümmel
Conclusion : Themes and issues of the sociology of the military / Giuseppe Caforio.