Dictionary Of Military Sociology

Author : Dr. George Kaffes
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9798891274068

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Dictionary of Military Sociology by Dr. George Kaffes Pdf

Although Moskos showed the way to this particular field of Military Sociology, Dr. George Kaffes, sociologist and teacher for over thirty years in the Hellenic Army Academy, felt the necessity of a first introductive but academic work in order to offer the Dictionary of Military Sociology terms. From the small Greek island of Kastellorizo, where he finished this work, Dr. Kaffes’ goal is to give the opportunity by gathering all these terms, including military sociologists and researchers, some significative military leaders, a small but significative slang vocabulary, and some operational terms to every sociologist whose interest is about military and society to have this very special tool in hands. Another goal of Dictionary of Military Sociology is to show some terms of military slang, which is a colloquial language used by and associated with members of various military forces. About the Author Dr. George Kaffes is a Military Sociologist and has taught Military Sociology as a fulltime professor at the Hellenic Army Academy for more than thirty years. He focuses his research more on sociology of violence and war, sociology of terrorism, gender in the militaries, and army sociology. He is married with one daughter and he speaks more than his mother language, which includes Greek, French, Portuguese, English, and German. His book is destinated to all researchers, militaries, cadets, and everyone who is interested in the field of military sociology.

Author : Gerhard Kümmel,Astrid Albrecht-Heide
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Sociology, Military
ISBN : STANFORD:36105029642746

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Military Sociology by Gerhard Kümmel,Astrid Albrecht-Heide Pdf

Author : Maher Kayyali
Publisher : Hippocrene Books
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0781802431

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القاموس العسكري الحديث : عربي-انجليزي، انجليزي-عربي by Maher Kayyali Pdf

Every field of human activity develops its own terms and jargon, and the military field is no exception. This timely and necessary dictionary includes fundamental military terms, contemporary political and technological terms and jargon, military technique terms for the specialist, as well as words in allied subjects such as economics, law, statistics and sociology. The following are among the comprehensive number of military terms found in this dictionary: air reconnaissance, cluster bomb, estimated time of arrival, firing pin, intercontinental ballistic missile, logbook, metagon, orbital velocity, rate of fire, squadron, target allocation, verification fire, zero hour. In giving the equivalent Arabic terms, reference has been accorded to those terms agreed by the Arabic Academic Centres in Cairo, Amman, Damascus, Baghdad and Rabbat, and to the widely accepted terms that have been coined by contemporary specialists and linguists.

Author : Giuseppe Caforio
Publisher : Springer
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007-07-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780387345765

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Handbook of the Sociology of the Military by Giuseppe Caforio Pdf

This accessible handbook is the first of its kind to examine the sociological approach to the study of the military. The contents are compiled from the work of researchers at universities around the world, as well as military officers devoted to the sector of study. Beginning with a review of studies prior to contemporary research, the book provides a comprehensive survey of the topic. The scope of coverage extends to civic-military relations, including issues surrounding democratic control of the armed forces; military culture; professional training; conditions and problems of minorities in the armed forces; an examination of structural change within the military over the years including new duties and functions following the Cold War.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:966008206

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Dictionary Of Military Terms by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Scott
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 829 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199683581

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A Dictionary of Sociology by John Scott Pdf

Coverage is extensive, and includes terms from the related fields of psychology, economics, anthropology, philosophy and political science. -- Provided by publisher.

Author : Colonel (US Army Ret.) Chris Paparone
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781441187666

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The Sociology of Military Science by Colonel (US Army Ret.) Chris Paparone Pdf

This groundbreaking work challenges modernist military science and explores how a more open design epistemology is becoming an attractive alternative to a military staff culture rooted in a monistic scientific paradigm. The author offers fresh sociological avenues to become more institutionally reflexive - to offer a variety of design frames of reference, beyond those typified by modern military doctrine. Modernist military knowledge has been institutionalized to the point that blinds militaries to alternative designs organizationally and in their interventions. This book seeks to reconstruct strategy and operations in "designing ways" and develops theories of action through multifaceted contextualizations and recontextualizations of situations, showing that Military Design does not have to rely on set rational-analytic decision-making schemes, but on seeking alternative meanings in- and on-action. The work offers an alternative philosophy of practice that embraces the unpredictability of tasks to be accomplished. Written by Colonel Paparone (U.S. Army, Ret., PhD) with a special chapter by two active duty officers, it will appeal to all in military and security studies, including professionals and policymakers.

Author : Library of Congress. Subject Cataloging Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1438 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Subject headings
ISBN : MINN:31951000830038E

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Subject Headings Used in the Dictionary Catalogs of the Library of Congress [from 1897 Through June 1964] by Library of Congress. Subject Cataloging Division Pdf

Author : Richard Lachmann
Publisher : McGraw-Hill/Dushkin
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Biography
ISBN : UCSC:32106012740574

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The Encyclopedic Dictionary of Sociology by Richard Lachmann Pdf

Includes biographies and topics such as statistics concepts, the organization and inpact of mass media, attitude development and change, and selected time series.

Author : Stephen Sloan,Sean K. Anderson
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 877 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009-08-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810863118

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Historical Dictionary of Terrorism by Stephen Sloan,Sean K. Anderson Pdf

The United States Department of Defense defines terrorism as 'the calculated use of unlawful violence or threat of unlawful violence to inculcate fear; intended to coerce or to intimidate governments or societies in the pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious, or ideological.' While terrorism has been around for centuries, it was the al Qa'eda attacks of September 11, 2001, that brought home to the world, and most particularly the United States, just how dangerous terrorism can be. The third edition of the Historical Dictionary of Terrorism presents the full spectrum of forms of political violence through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on major terrorist groups and their leaders, significant terrorist events, cyber-terrorism, counterterrorism, and social science concepts regarding the motivations and group dynamics of terrorist groups. Authors Sean K. Anderson and Stephen Sloan move beyond the gut reaction we have to this volatile and divisive topic by providing a reliable and objective reference on terrorism.

Author : Dr. R K Sahay
Publisher : Vij Books India Pvt Ltd
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789386834171

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History of China's Military by Dr. R K Sahay Pdf

The recorded military history of China extends from about 2200 BC to the present day. This history can be divided into the military history of China before 1911, when a revolution overthrew the imperial state, and the period of the Republic of China Army and the People’s Liberation Army. Although traditional Chinese Confucian philosophy favored peaceful political solutions and showed contempt for brute military force, the military was influential in most Chinese states. Chinese pioneered the use of crossbows, advanced metallurgical standardization for arms and armor, early gunpowder weapons, and other advanced weapons, but also adopted nomadic cavalry and Western military technology. The book deeply highlights the Military History of China and its strategies.

Author : Eyal Ben-Ari,Zeev Lerer,Uzi Ben-Shalom
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781438431864

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Rethinking Contemporary Warfare by Eyal Ben-Ari,Zeev Lerer,Uzi Ben-Shalom Pdf

Examines the combat experience of Israel’s ground forces in the Al-Aqsa Intifada in order to offer a set of innovative concepts for understanding irregular warfare.

Author : Brad West,Thomas Crosbie
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811655883

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Militarization and the Global Rise of Paramilitary Culture by Brad West,Thomas Crosbie Pdf

This edited book demonstrates a new multidimensional comprehension of the relationship between war, the military and civil society by exploring the global rise of paramilitary culture. Moving beyond binary understandings that inform the militarization of culture thesis and examining various national and cultural contexts, the collection outlines ways in which a process of paramilitarization is shaping the world through the promotion of new warrior archetypes. It is argued that while the paramilitary hero is associated with military themes, their character is in tension with the central principals of modern military organization, something that often challenges the state’s perceived monopoly on violence. As such paramilitization has profound implications for institutional military identity, the influence of paramilitary organizations and broadly how organised violence is popularly understood

Author : Iva Vukušić
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000709711

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Serbian Paramilitaries and the Breakup of Yugoslavia by Iva Vukušić Pdf

This is the first book to offer a comprehensive analysis of the emergence, nature, and function of Serbian paramilitary units during the violent breakup of Yugoslavia. The book investigates the nature and functions of paramilitary units throughout the 1990s, and their ties to the state and President Slobodan Milošević. The work relies on the archives of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, which conducted dozens of trials relating to paramilitary violence, and records from judicial proceedings in the region. It discusses how and why certain important paramilitary units emerged, how they functioned and transformed through the decade, what their relationships and entanglements were with the state, the Milošević regime, and organized crime. The study thus investigates the interrelated ideological, political, and social factors and processes, fueling paramilitary engagement, and assesses the impact of this engagement on victims of paramilitary violence and on the state and society for which the units purportedly fought. It argues that coordinated action by a number of state institutions gave rise to paramilitaries tasked with altering borders while maintaining plausible deniability for the sponsoring regime. The outsourcing of violence by the state to paramilitaries led to a significant weakening of the very state these units and their sponsors swore to protect. The book also analyzes differences between the units and how they attacked civilians, arguing that the different forms of violence stemmed not only from the function they fulfilled for the state but also the ways in which they were set up and operated. The final chapter brings the different strands of the argument together into a coherent whole, suggesting avenues for further research, in the former Yugoslavia and beyond. This book will be of much interest to students of ethnic conflict and civil war, war crimes, Balkan politics, and International Relations in general.

Author : Steve Bruce,Steven Yearley
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781446238547

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The SAGE Dictionary of Sociology by Steve Bruce,Steven Yearley Pdf

"Undoubtedly the most accessible, readable and downright interesting - even amusing - dictionary of its type. In being all of those things - and more - the dictionary does not sacrifice on quality. There are many well-chosen entries and they are quite informative. A useful addition to any scholar′s library while at the same time being an excellent resource for both graduate and undergraduate students" - George Ritzer, University of Maryland "This is a delightful and comprehensive dictionary. The authors write in an engaging and lively style that brings alive the ideas of sociology not only for existing practitioners, but also for a whole new generation of students" - Tim May, University of Salford With over 1000 entries on key concepts and theorists, The SAGE Dictionary of Sociology provides full coverage of the field, clarifying the technical use of apparently common words, explaining the fundamental concepts and introducing new and unfamiliar terms. This book provides: authoritative, reliable definitions accessible ′digests′ of key arguments contemporary, appealing illustrations of points readability. This is not just another dry guide to the discipline. Engagingly written with its audience firmly in mind, it will be the definitive and chosen companion to established textbooks and teaching materials in sociology.