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General Introduction

Armed Forces and Conflict Resolution: Sociological Perspectives

ISBN: 978-1-8485-5122-0, eISBN: 978-1-84855-123-7

Publication date: 15 October 2008

Abstract

The study of armed forces and conflict resolution has undergone important developments at the turn of the millennium and this has occurred not only due to the far-reaching work of scholars in the field, but, as often occurs in the social sciences, has been driven by events and new situations. It is well to recall in this regard that it was precisely the need for knowledge and intervention on the military institution that brought about the groundbreaking work done in the United States by Samuel Stouffer (see Stouffer et al., 1949) and his team after the country had entered into war, a work that gave rise to the contemporary history of sociology applied to armed forces.

Citation

Caforio, G., Purkayastha, B. and Kümmel Editors, G. (2008), "General Introduction", Caforio, G., Kümmel, G. and Purkayastha, B. (Ed.) Armed Forces and Conflict Resolution: Sociological Perspectives (Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development, Vol. 7), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. xvii-xix. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1572-8323(08)07023-9

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