Overview

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.

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Author:   Thomas W. Britt ,  Carl Andrew Castro ,  Amy B. Adler
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 9.30cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   2.236kg
ISBN:  

9780275983000

ISBN 10:   0275983005
Pages:   1072
Publication Date:   01 December 2005
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Sample Chapters from the Four Volumes Volume 1: Military Performance Section I: First Person What Has Befallen Me? The Psychological Aftermath of Combat Spencer J. Campbell Section II: Human Dimensions of Military Operations Psychological Aspects of Combat Robert K. Gifford Psychological Operations in Combat, Peacekeeping, and Fighting Terrorism Steven Collins Section III: Physiological and Cognitive Dimensions of Military Operation Sleep Loss: Implications for Operational Effectiveness and Current Solutions Nancy J. Wesensten, Gregory Belenky, and Thomas J. Balkin Decision-Making and Performance under Stress James E. Driskel, Eduardo Salas, and Joan Johnston Section IV: Social and Personality Dimensions of Military Operations Morale during Military Operations: A Positive Psychology Approach Thomas W. Britt and James M. Dickinson Volume 2: Operational Stress Section I: First Person Kilroy Was Here: Reflections of a Psychiatrist in Combat Robert L. Koffman Section II: Psychological Preparation for Warfare Joining the Ranks: The Role of Indoctrination in Transforming Civilians to Service Members Dennis McGurk, Dave I. Cotting, Thomas W. Britt and Amy B. Adler Enhancing Mental Readiness in Military Personnel Megan M. Thompson and Donald R. McCreary Section III: Psychological Demans During and After Deployment Combat Stress Control: Putting Principle into Practice Steve J. Lewis Predictors and Prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among Military Veterans Shira Maguen, Michael Suvak, and Brett T. Litz Section IV: Organizational Responses to Psychological Challenges Human Spirituality, Resilience, and the Role of Military Chaplains Thomas C. Waynick, Peter J. Frederich, David M. Scheider, Ronald H. Thomas, and Glen L. Bloomstrom Social Climates: Drivers of Soldier Well-being and Resilience Paul D. Bliese Volume 3: Military Family Section I: First Person Army Wife, Army Mother Doris Durand Section II: Challenges Facing the Military Spouse Maintaining Family Resiliency Before, During, and After Military Separation Tina Watson Wiens and Pauline Boss Section III: Family Diversity Single Military Parents in the New Millennium Michelle L. Kelley The Challenges and Benefits of Dual-Military Marriages Ann H. Huffman and Stephanie C. Payne Voices from the Backseat: Demands of Growing Up in Military Families Morten G. Ender Section IV: Work-Family Conflict among Military Personnel Work-Family Conflict among Military Personnel Gary A. Adams, Steve M. Jex, and Christopher J. L. Cunningham Volume 4: Military Culture Section I: First Person Military Culture and Values: A Personal View Guy L. Siebold Section II: Military Values Culture's Consequences in the Military Joseph L. Soeters, Christina-Rodica Poponete, and Joseph T. Page Jr. Military Courage Carl Andrew Castro Section III: Diverse Groups The U.S. Reserve Component: Training Strategies for Adapting to Deployment Robert A. Wisher and Michael W. Freeman The Role of Women in the Military Penny F. Pierce Sexual Orientation and Military Service: Prospects for Organizational and Individual Change in the United States Gregory M. Herek and Aaron Belkin Section IV: Perspectives on the Military Life in Wartime: Realtime News, Realtime Critique, Fighting in the New Media Environment Cori E. Dauber Poultry and PatriotismL Attitudes towards the U.S. Military Janice H. Laurence

Reviews

This set should be required reading for both military commanders and military psychologists alike. It is comprehensive in its coverage of military psychology yet is highly readable and easily digestible; it provides sensible, practical lessons as well as providing provocative discussions of some of the most important aspects of serving in any military force today. Perhaps most importantly, the first person accounts in each of the volumes provides a focus for the reader and an important reminder of the purpose of the book; that is, to do our best to protect the psychological health and wellbeing of those who serve. These books are to be highly recommended to all who wish to contribute to the effectiveness of modern military operations. As a military psychologist and former commanding officer of an operational unit, I wish that I had read them ten years ago. -Colonel Anthony J. Cotton Former Director of Mental Health Australian Defence Force

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 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 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 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 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

<p> 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. - <p>Reference & Research Book News

<p> 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. -<p>Choice

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

Author Information

Thomas W. Britt is Professor of Psychology at Clemson University. He was previously a Research Psychologist at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. He is the co-editor of Psychology of the Peacekeeper: Lessons from the Field (Praeger, 2003). Amy B. Adler is Lead Scientist and Science Coordinator with the U.S. Army Medical Research Unit, Europe, at Heidelberg. She served from 1992 to 2000 as a Professor of Psychology for the U.S. military community attending a branch of the University of Maryland in Germany. She is the co-editor of Psychology of the Peacekeeper: Lessons from the Field (Praeger, 2003). Carl Andrew Castro is Chief of the Center for Soldier and Family Readiness at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Washington, D.C.

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