Handbook of Military Sciences

ISBN-13: 9783030272784 / Angielski / Twarda / 2026 / 1000 str.

Anders McD Sookermany

Opis

This open access handbook is a major reference work in the field of Military Sciences. Its main purpose is to inform and enlighten those dealing with the military on the role and contributions of science in describing, understanding and explaining military life, knowledge and doings. The handbook provides a comprehensive thematic introduction to various sub-fields of Military Sciences. The handbook serves a broad audience in various capacities; academics studying the military and the broader defense and security sector, students at military and civilian schools preparing for service in the military, the government or other occupations with linkage to the military, professionals in the armed forces, decision makers in government, contractors who work alongside the military, NGOs whose work is influenced by military operations, journalists who write on matters concerning the sphere of the military or others with a particular interest towards the military as a phenomenon, organization or system of various kinds. About the Section EditorsLt. Col. Dr. Anders McD Sookermany, Norwegian Defence University College, Oslo, Norway (Section: Philosophy of Military Sciences)Lt. Col. Dr. Harald Høiback, Norwegian Armed Forces Museums, Oslo, Norway (Section: Military Operations) Dr. Niels Bo Poulsen, Royal Danish Defence College, Copenhagen, Denmark (Section: Military History)Prof. Dr. Patricia M. Shields, Texas State University, San Marcos, USA (Section: Military and Society)Dr. Carsten F. Rønnfeldt, Norwegian Defence University College, Oslo, Norway (Section: International Relations and the Military)Associate Professor David Last, Royal Military College of Canada, Canada (Section: Military Profession)Dr. Irina Goldenberg, Canadian Department of National Defence, Nepean, Canada (Section: Military Behavioural Sciences)Dr. Michael Holenweger, Military Academy at ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (Section: Military Leadership)Prof. Dr. Martin Elbe, Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr, Potsdam, Germany (Section: Military Leadership)Franz Kernic, MILAC at ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (Section: Military Leadership)Joseph Soeters, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands (Section: Military Management, Economics and Logistics)Prof Margaret Kosal, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA (Section: Military Technology)Dr. Ben Zweibelson, Joint Special Operations University, Tampa, USA (Section: Military Design)Ms. Aubrey Poe (Section: Military Design)

Spis treści

Preliminary outline of possible sections and chapters

Section 1:    Philosophy of Military Sciences

Chapter 1:     What is Military Sciences? A.M. Sookermany (Author)

Chapter 2:     Natural Sciences’ influence on Military Sciences

Chapter 3:     Social Sciences’ influence on Military Sciences

Chapter 4:     Humanities’ influence on Military Sciences

Chapter 5:     Ontology and Military Sciences

Chapter 6:     Epistemology and Military Sciences

Chapter 7:     Methodology and Military Sciences

Chapter 8:     Teleology and Military Sciences

 

Section 2:    Strategy and the Military

Chapter 1:     What are the military aspects of Strategy? W. Peischel (Author)

Chapter 2:     Strategic Culture in the Military

Chapter 3:     Strategic Communication

Chapter 4:     Strategy and Doctrine

Chapter 5:     National Strategy

Chapter 6:     Military Design

 

Section 3:    Military Operations

Chapter 1:     What is Military Operations? J. Ringsmose (Author)

Chapter 2:     Land Operations

Chapter 3:     Sea/Maritime/Navel Operations

Chapter 4:     Air Operations

Chapter 5:     Cyber Operations

Chapter 6:     Intelligence Operations

Chapter 7:     Joint Operations

Chapter 8:     Counterinsurgency Operations

Chapter 9:     Peace support/building/enforcement Operations

 

Section 4: Military History

Chapter 1:     What is Military History?

Chapter 2:     Classical Chronicle history of War and Military Operations

Chapter 3:     The War and Society School in Military History

Chapter 4:     Military Institutional History

Chapter 5:     Military Biographical History

Chapter 6:     Oral Military History

Chapter 7:     Application of Military History

 

Section 5:    Military and Society

Chapter 1:     What is Military and Society?

Chapter 2:     Civil-Military Relations

Chapter 3:     Military in the Public and Media

Chapter 4:     Reserve Forces and Veterans

Chapter 5:     Military Families

Chapter 6:     Military in Popular Culture

Chapter 7:     Critical Military Studies

 

Section 6:    Military Aspects of Defence and Security Policy

Chapter 1:     What is Military aspects of Defence and Security Politics

Chapter 2:     International Relations

Chapter 3:     Civil-Military Relations?

Chapter 4:     Defence Management and Economics

Chapter 5:     Regional Studies

Chapter 6:     Recruitment and Retention

 

Section 7:    Military Profession

Chapter 1:     What is the Military Profession?

Chapter 2:     Military Jurisdiction

Chapter 3:     Military Organization

Chapter 4:     Military Competence

Chapter 5:     Military Education

Chapter 6:     Military Training

Chapter 7:     Military Exercise

Chapter 8:     Military Experiential Learning

Chapter 9:     Military Cultures and Identities

Chapter 10:   Military and Gender

 

Section 8:    Military Behavioural Sciences

Chapter 1:     What is Military Behavioural Sciences?

Chapter 2:     The Psychological Component

Chapter 4:     The Physical Component

Chapter 5:     The Social Component

Chapter 6:     The Ethical/Moral Component

Chapter 7:     The Health Component

Chapter 8:     The Performance Component

 

Section 9:    Military Leadership

Chapter 1:     What is Military Leadership?

Chapter 2:     Leadership in Extremis

Chapter 3:     Military Commandship

Chapter 4:     Military Leader and Leadership Development

Chapter 5:     Conflict Management

Chapter 6:     Decision Making

 

Section 10:  Military Management, Economics and Logistics

Chapter 1:     What is Military Management, Economics and Logistics?

Chapter 2:     Human Resources

Chapter 3:     Recruitment and Retention

Chapter 4:     Military Economics

Chapter 5:     Military Logistics

 

Section 11:  Military Technology

Chapter 1:     What is Military Technology?

Chapter 2:     Information systems

Chapter 3:     Network Centric War

Chapter 4:     Weaponry

Chapter 5:     Artificial Intelligence

Chapter 6:     Human Interaction with/through Technology

O autorze

Anders McD Sookermany (1967) is both an active duty officer and a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Civil-Military Relations. He is President of the International Society of Military Sciences (ISMS), Norwegian Defence University College, Oslo, Norway. He was a research fellow at the Norwegian School of Sports Sciences Defence Institute. He has a Defense College education supplemented with a doctorate degree in Pedagogy form the University of Oslo and a masters degree in Philosophy of Sport from the Norwegian School of Sports Sciences. 

His research interest is related to skill-acquisition in postmodern/modern military contexts. Currently Sookermany is heading the institutes R&D-program “Learning under Risk” (LuR). The overall aim of the LuR-program is to describe, understand and explain the risk dimension in (relation to) soldiers’ learning before, during and after participation in military operations. As a sports- and pedagogical philosopher Sookermany is also interested in the Philosophy of Science, a subject he teaches at the masters level at the Norwegian Defence University College. More so, for the time being he is in cooperation with the military academies in the process of developing a new bachelor subject on developing military training cultures. 

In addition Sookermany has, within the broader area of his expertise (education, learning, training, performance and culture), participated in several national and international committees, councils, working groups etc. He is a member of the editorial board of the Armed Forces & Society journal.​