Introduction Eyal Ben-Ari, Helena Carreiras and Celso Castro 1. Truth in Military Studies: Lessons for Producers and Consumers of Research on the Military David R. Segal 2. Military sociology in Germany: The Roles and Challenges of In-house Institutes Martin Elbe and Gerhard Kuemmel 3. What does Social Science Research on the Military "Do"? Between Academic Ornament and Dubious Ally of the Israeli Military Eyal Ben-Ari 4. Bridging two worlds: the knowledge-policy linkage in the study of the Portuguese Armed Forces Helena Carreiras 5. Between Academia and the Military profession: a case study of Finnish National Defence University Soili Paananen 6. Research as a Totem: How an Academic Book became the Patrimony of a Generation of Officers Celso Castro 7. Notes on the Appropriation of an Ethnography: The Case of the Military Police of the State of São Paulo Piero de Camargo Leirner 8. Possibilities of impact and acceptance of research and public policies with a gender perspective in the Argentine Armed Forces Laura Masson