Routledge Handbook of War and Society

<p>This new handbook provides an introduction to current sociological and behavioral research on the effects of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.</p><p>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. </p><p>Analyzing the effect of the two wars on military personnel and civilians this volume is divided into four main parts:</p><p><strong>Part I: War on the Ground: Combat and Its Aftermath</strong></p><p><strong>Part II: War on the Ground: Non-Combat Operations Noncombatants and Operators </strong></p><p><strong>Part III: The War Back Home: The Social Construction of War Its Heroes And Its Enemies </strong></p><p><strong>Part IV: The War Back Home: Families and Youth on the Home Front</strong></p><p>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.</p><p><strong>Steven Carlton-Ford</strong> is associate professor of Sociology at the University of Cincinnati. He recently served for five years as the editor of Sociological Focus.</p><p><strong>Morten G. Ender</strong> is professor of sociology and Sociology Program Director at West Point the United States Military Academy. He is the author of <em>American Soldiers in Iraq</em> (Routledge 2009).</p>