The Routledge Handbook of War and Society: Iraq and Afghanistan

ISBN-13: 9780415731218 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 350 str.

Steven Carlton Ford

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This new handbook provides an introduction to current sociological and behavioral research on the effects of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan represent two of the most interesting and potentially troubling events of recent decades. These two wars-so similar in their beginnings-generated different responses from various publics and the mass media; they have had profound effects on the members of the armed services, on their families and relatives, and on the people of Iraq and Afghanistan. Analyzing the effect of the two wars on military personnel and civilians, this volume is divided into four main parts: Part I: War on the Ground: Combat and Its Aftermath Part II: War on the Ground: Non-Combat Operations, Noncombatants, and Operators Part III: The War Back Home: The Social Construction of War, Its Heroes, And Its Enemies Part IV: The War Back Home: Families and Youth on the Home Front With contributions from leading academic sociologists, anthropologists, psychologists, military researchers, and researchers affiliated with Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), this Handbook will be of interest to students of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, military sociology and psychology, war studies, anthropology, US politics, and of youth. Steven Carlton-Ford is associate professor of Sociology at the University of Cincinnati. He recently served for five years as the editor of Sociological Focus. Morten G. Ender is professor of sociology and Sociology Program Director at West Point, the United States Military Academy. He is the author of American Soldiers in Iraq (Routledge 2009).

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Foreword Christopher Dandeker.  Introduction Steven Carlton-Ford and Morton G. Ender  Part 1: War on the Ground: Combat and its Aftermath  1. Fighting Two Protracted Wars: Recruiting and Retention with an All-Volunteer Force Susan M. Ross  2. Fighting the Irregular War in Afghanistan: Success in Combat - Struggles in Stabilization Brigid Myers Pavilonis  3. Learning the Lessons of Counterinsurgency Ian Roxborough  4. Twenty-First Century Narratives from Afghanistan: Storytelling, Morality, and War Ryan D. Pengelly and Anne Irwin  5. Two US Combat Units in Iraq: Psychological Contracts When Expectations and Realities Diverge Wilbur Scott, David McCone, and George R. Mastroianni  6. Capturing Saddam Hussein: Social Network Analysis and Counterinsurgency Operations Brian J. Reed and David R. Segal  7. Apples, Barrels and Abu Ghraib George R. Mastroianni and George Reed  8. The War on Terror in the Early 21 Century: Applying Lessons from Sociological Classics and Sites of Abuse Ryan Ashley Caldwell and Stjepan G. Mestrovic  Part 2: War on the Ground: Non-Combat Operations, Noncombatants, and Operators  9. Policing Post-War Iraq: Insurgency, Civilian Police, and the Reconstruction of Society Mathieu Deflem and Suzanne Sutphin  10. Policing Afghanistan: Civilian Police Reform and the Resurgence of the Taliban Mathieu Deflem  11. Managing Humanitarian Information in Iraq Aldo Benini, Charles Conley, Joseph Donahue, and Shawn Messick  12. Role of Contractors and Other Non-Military Personnel in Today's Wars O. Shawn Cupp and William C. Latham, Jr.  13. Evaluating Psychological Operations in Operation Enduring Freedom James E. Griffith  14. Armed Conflict and Health: Cholera in Iraq Daniel Poole  15. Iraqi Adolescents: Self-Regard, Self-Derogation, and Perceived Threat in War Steve Carlton-Ford, Morten G. Ender, and Ahoo Tabatabai  Part 3: The War Back Home: The Social Construction of War, its Heroes, and its Enemies  16. Globalization and the Invasion of Iraq: State Power and the Enforcement of Neo-liberalism Daniel Egan  17. The Pakistan and Afghan Crisis Riaz Ahmed Shaikh  18. Mass Media as Risk-Management in the 'War on Terror' Christopher M. Pieper  19. Talking War: How Elite Newspaper Editorials and Opinion Pieces Debated the Attack on Iraq Alexander G. Nikolaev and Douglas V. Porpora  20. Debating Antiwar Protests: The Microlevel Discourse of Social Movement Framing on a University LISTSERV Mark Hedley and Sara A. Clark  21. Making Heroes: An Attributional Perspective Gregory C. Gibson, Richard Hogan, John Stahura, and Eugene Jackson  22. Making the Muslim Enemy: The Social Construction of the Enemy in the War on Terror Erin Steuter and Deborah Wills  Part 4: The War Back Home: Families and Youth on the Home Front  23. Greedy Media: Army Families, Embedded Reporting, and War in Iraq Morten G. Ender, Kathleen M. Campbell, Toya J. Davis, and Patrick R. Michaelis  24. Military Child Well-being in the Face of Mulitple Deployments Rachel Lipari, Anna Winters, Kenneth Matos, Jason Smith, and Lindsay Rock  25. American Undergraduate Attiutdes Toward the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: Trends and Variations Morten G. Ender, David E. Rohall, and Michael D. Matthews