Armed Forces & Society
- Publisher:
- Sage Publications, Inc.
- Publication date:
- 2021-08-12
- ISBN:
- 0095-327X
Issue Number
- No. 49-4, October 2023
- No. 49-3, July 2023
- No. 49-2, April 2023
- No. 49-1, January 2023
- No. 48-4, October 2022
- No. 48-3, July 2022
- No. 48-2, April 2022
- No. 48-1, January 2022
- No. 47-4, October 2021
- No. 47-3, July 2021
- No. 47-2, April 2021
- No. 47-1, January 2021
- No. 46-4, October 2020
- No. 46-3, July 2020
- No. 46-2, April 2020
- No. 46-1, January 2020
- No. 45-4, October 2019
- No. 45-3, July 2019
- No. 45-2, April 2019
- No. 45-1, January 2019
Latest documents
- Why the U.S. Military Lost Afghanistan
- The Afghanistan War’s Legacy: The Reimagining of the Outsourcing of War and Security
The two decades of war in Afghanistan left a mark on the American armed forces and redefined the American ways of war-making. One of this war’s legacies is the reimagining of the role of private military and security contractors in contemporary warfare. Due to the massive involvement of the private sector in the American war machine, this industry transformed from a marginal participant into a central partner. The privatization of military and security functions became a norm, an integral part of security architecture and military operation. In this study, I provide a brief review of this development and its implications.
- Book Review: Embracing senior leadership: Three critical factors needed to reach the C-suite and thrive by James W. Browning
- How Afghanistan Influenced the Content of Armed Forces & Society: An Editor’s Reflection
This commentary examines the influence of the Afghanistan war on the content of Armed Forces & Society. My 20-year tenure as editor of Armed Forces & Society overlaps completely with the war. Using the lenses of the postmodern or post-Cold War military, I reflect on how the articles of this journal were influenced by the war. The postmodern military relies more heavily on volunteers, is more likely to engage in unconventional missions, and more likely to use multinational forces. I found an increase in articles devoted to reserve forces and contractors. In addition, many articles investigated the unique management challenges of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). The multiple deployments and brutal nature of the war led to a large increase in health/mental health articles and also contributed to changes in the scope of the military family and veterans’ literature. The limited civil–military relations literature was affected indirectly.
- Why Did the Taliban Win?
- Book Review: Rough draft: Cold War military manpower policy and the origins of Vietnam-era draft resistance by Rutenberg, A. J.
- Perspectives on the Afghanistan War: Commentaries on a Misadventure
This article introduces the Symposium on the Afghanistan War. During and after the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, emotions ran high. This special issue responds to public calls for further in-depth study of the Afghanistan War. We assembled an international array of interdisciplinary scholars who address reasons the mission became a misadventure. Additional papers focus on the consequences borne by the people who served and the institutions that fought America’s longest war.
- Reflecting on America’s Withdrawal from Afghanistan: The View From Southeast Asia
- State-Building 101: Hard Lessons From Afghanistan
The American war in Afghanistan was originally an act of retaliation and retribution. Over time it assumed the moral burden of state-building. The state-building effort however was undermined by inadequate planning, inadequate knowledge, and inadequate understanding of the complexity and difficulty of the state-building process. Ultimately, the Afghanistan state-building effort failed. The commentary assumes the premise that even in an era of great power competition, the West cannot escape the challenge of state-building as fragile and failing states will continue to threaten global security. The commentary suggests a set of considerations for those responsible for the inevitable state-building challenges of the future.
- Air Power, International Organizations, and Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan
Featured documents
- Moral Emotions during Military Deployments of Dutch Forces
Which emotions are generated by the behavior of “the other” in intercultural interactions that Dutch soldiers perceive as conflicting with their own values? How are these emotions related to types of behavioral reactions of Dutch military personnel? This preliminary study explores the emotional and ...
- Concordance Civil–Military Relations in Ghana’s Fourth Republic
Civil–military relations in Ghana have a chequered history; since the first coup of 1966, there had been four military takeovers of political power, in 1969, 1972, 1979, and 1980. Relations are thawing, as evidenced by the fact that there has been no overt attempt at overthrowing a government since ...
- Midlife Crisis? The All-Volunteer Force at 40
- Armed Society in the Niger Delta
The nonproliferation of weapons agenda was entirely about chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons because they were seen as the most threatening to human existence and the security of the most powerful countries. Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW), which have been instrumental to...
- Fearless Fighters and Submissive Wives
This article addresses an underreported aspect of contemporary warring in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): the experiences of women soldiers and officers in the Congolese national armed forces (Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo [FARDC]). It thus addresses an empirical gap...
- The Theocratization of the Israeli Military
This article portrays the theocratization of the Israeli military. At the center of this process stands the national-religious sector, which has significantly upgraded its presence in the ranks since the late 1970s. It is argued that four integrated and cumulative processes gradually generated this ...
- “Leaning In” or “Taking a Knee”: Career Trajectories of Senior Leaders in the Canadian Armed Forces
Less research has examined the extent to which external contexts and factors that influence an organizational member’s life choices also influence their career trajectories within the military, and particularly among those who advance to leadership positions at the General Officer/Flag Officer...
- Conceptualizing the Spectrum of the Bereavement Discourse
This article presents the spectrum of the bereavement discourse, namely, how various social groups interpret the loss of their children’s lives or the potential risk to their lives posed by their military service and translate it into public discourse, as a spectrum of attitudes. It is argued that...
- Gender Mainstreaming in the Canadian Armed Forces and the Department of National Defence: Lessons on the Implementation of Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA+)
This article uses the Canadian military’s gender-mainstreaming strategy—gender-based analysis plus (or GBA+)—as a case study to explore the implementation of gender mainstreaming in militaries. Utilizing a mixed method approach, including group interviews and surveys, we employ Jahan’s model of...
- The Military and Politics in Guinea
This article explains why the Guinean state remained resilient to armed conflicts following military intervention in politics. The military establishment has been heavily involved in Guinean politics for nearly three decades during which time it has exhibited varied political behavior. This...