Military Life [4 volumes]: The Psychology of Serving in Peace and Combat (Praeger Security International) - Tapa dura

The four volumes of ^IMILITARY LIFE: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SERVING IN PEACE AND CONFLICT^R are a powerful addition to any military collection, with each volume providing in-depth details on military performance, stress, family relationships and internal culture....An essential set for any serious military collection. - California Bookwatch "The four volumes of Military Life: The Psychology of Serving in Peace and Conflict are a powerful addition to any military collection, with each volume providing in-depth details on military performance, stress, family relationships and internal culture....Each volume provides a scholarly analysis backed by research and reference notes, includes extensive quotes from journalist and research source materials, and analyze rationales, assumptions, and changing experience. An essential set for any serious military collection." - Midwest Book Review's California BookWatch "This four-volume set, edited by Britt, Castro, and Adler, is organized around four defining fields of applied military psychology: military performance, operational stress, the military family, and military culture. Each volume on begins with a first person account relevant to the volume's theme, concludes with a discussion of future directions, and contains nine other contributions." - Reference & Research Book News "Although we have been trying for centuries to understand human relationship with war, enhance human performance in various settings, develop psychological means to influence our enemies, and optimize emotional functioning in our warriors, there is relatively little published on the topic. Military Life: The Psychology of Serving in Peace and Combat, attempts to fill this void. This four volume set provides a framework for the psychological aspects of serving in the military and serves to enhance our understanding of our fighting forces, to optimize their functioning both personally and occupationally, and to put forth needed future research directions to advance the effectiveness of our service personnel." - PsycCRITIQUES "This four-volume anthology incorporates psychological variables that have been empirically demonstrated to influence military performance. Discussions are organized around the four defining fields of applied military psychology. The timing of publication is fortuitous, given US military involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. The significance of these works is enhanced further in light of the country's 30-plus years of experience with its All-Volunteer Force (AVF) and the diversity of missions the AVF has been asked to address. Each volume offers interesting perspectives for military scholars; each is introduced with a personal essay and concludes with a chapter on future directions....Recommended. Graduate students/faculty/specialists." - Choice

With global commitments and combat duty, our armed forces face life-threatening challenges on a daily basis. However, less visible threats also impact the mental health of our military men and women. Experts examine challenges on the battlefield, such as women coming to terms with life after being prisoners of war, or soldiers dealing with mistakenly killing civilians. But life in the armed forces presents less dramatic, daily challenges. Away from the front lines, soldiers have to raise their families, sometimes as single parents. Children have to learn what it's like to be in a military family, and to make sense of war. Gay or lesbian officers cope with a don't ask, don't tell policy. An unprecedented range of contributors-military officers, medical doctors, psychologists, psychiatrists, and professors-take us onto the bases and the battlefields and inside the minds of military personnel who face far greater challenges than most of us ever see in the headlines. These volumes also highlight factors that make members of the military resilient and stable, as well as programs and practices that can ease the psychological burdens of military personnel, families, and children. Readers can better understand how society views our military and military operations, and how each one of us can play a role in supporting our armed forces.