The cultural gap between the military and the parent society : the German case / Sabine Collmer -- The cultural gap between the military and its parent society in Italy / Giuseppe Caforio -- The cultural gap between the military and the parent society in Romania / Marian Zulean -- The cultural...

Afghanistan talks. Experiential isomorphism in the military / Joseph L. Soeters -- Introduction / Gerhard Kümmel -- European civilmilitary relations in transition : the decline of conscription / Karl W. Haltiner, Tibor Szvircsev Tresch -- News from the home front : communities supporting...

This collection of sociological studies on the armed forces and conflict resolution deals with three types of developments the military is facing. First, the types of conflicts in which the military finds itself have become less predictable and more erratic, and hence, ways to respond are not...