This open access handbook is a major reference work in the field of Military Sciences. Its main purpose is to inform and enlighten those dealing with the military on the role and contributions of science in describing, understanding and explaining military life, knowledge and doings. The handbook provides a comprehensive thematic introduction to various sub-fields of Military Sciences.
The handbook serves a broad audience in various capacities; academics studying the military and the broader defense and security sector, students at military and civilian schools preparing for service in the military, the government or other occupations with linkage to the military, professionals in the armed forces, decision makers in government, contractors who work alongside the military, NGOs whose work is influenced by military operations, journalists who write on matters concerning the sphere of the military or others with a particular interest towards the military as a phenomenon, organization or system of various kinds.
About the Section EditorsLt. Col. Dr. Anders McD Sookermany, Norwegian Defence University College, Oslo, Norway (Section: Philosophy of Military Sciences)Lt. Col. Dr. Harald Høiback, Norwegian Armed Forces Museums, Oslo, Norway (Section: Military Operations)
Dr. Niels Bo Poulsen, Royal Danish Defence College, Copenhagen, Denmark (Section: Military History)Prof. Dr. Patricia M. Shields, Texas State University, San Marcos, USA (Section: Military and Society)Dr. Carsten F. Rønnfeldt, Norwegian Defence University College, Oslo, Norway (Section: International Relations and the Military)Associate Professor David Last, Royal Military College of Canada, Canada (Section: Military Profession)Dr. Irina Goldenberg, Canadian Department of National Defence, Nepean, Canada (Section: Military Behavioural Sciences)Dr. Michael Holenweger, Military Academy at ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (Section: Military Leadership)Prof. Dr. Martin Elbe, Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr, Potsdam, Germany (Section: Military Leadership)Franz Kernic, MILAC at ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (Section: Military Leadership)Joseph Soeters, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands (Section: Military Management, Economics and Logistics)Prof Margaret Kosal, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA (Section: Military Technology)Dr. Ben Zweibelson, Joint Special Operations University, Tampa, USA (Section: Military Design)Ms. Aubrey Poe (Section: Military Design)
Preliminary outline of possible sections and chapters
Section 1: Philosophy of Military Sciences
Chapter 1: What is Military Sciences? A.M. Sookermany (Author)
Chapter 2: Natural Sciences’ influence on Military Sciences
Chapter 3: Social Sciences’ influence on Military Sciences
Chapter 4: Humanities’ influence on Military Sciences
Chapter 5: Ontology and Military Sciences
Chapter 6: Epistemology and Military Sciences
Chapter 7: Methodology and Military Sciences
Chapter 8: Teleology and Military Sciences
Section 2: Strategy and the Military
Chapter 1: What are the military aspects of Strategy? W. Peischel (Author)
Chapter 2: Strategic Culture in the Military
Chapter 3: Strategic Communication
Chapter 4: Strategy and Doctrine
Chapter 5: National Strategy
Chapter 6: Military Design
Section 3: Military Operations
Chapter 1: What is Military Operations? J. Ringsmose (Author)
Chapter 2: Land Operations
Chapter 3: Sea/Maritime/Navel Operations
Chapter 4: Air Operations
Chapter 5: Cyber Operations
Chapter 6: Intelligence Operations
Chapter 7: Joint Operations
Chapter 8: Counterinsurgency Operations
Chapter 9: Peace support/building/enforcement Operations
Section 4: Military History
Chapter 1: What is Military History?
Chapter 2: Classical Chronicle history of War and Military Operations
Chapter 3: The War and Society School in Military History
Chapter 4: Military Institutional History
Chapter 5: Military Biographical History
Chapter 6: Oral Military History
Chapter 7: Application of Military History
Section 5: Military and Society
Chapter 1: What is Military and Society?
Chapter 2: Civil-Military Relations
Chapter 3: Military in the Public and Media
Chapter 4: Reserve Forces and Veterans
Chapter 5: Military Families
Chapter 6: Military in Popular Culture
Chapter 7: Critical Military Studies
Section 6: Military Aspects of Defence and Security Policy
Chapter 1: What is Military aspects of Defence and Security Politics
Chapter 2: International Relations
Chapter 3: Civil-Military Relations?
Chapter 4: Defence Management and Economics
Chapter 5: Regional Studies
Chapter 6: Recruitment and Retention
Section 7: Military Profession
Chapter 1: What is the Military Profession?
Chapter 2: Military Jurisdiction
Chapter 3: Military Organization
Chapter 4: Military Competence
Chapter 5: Military Education
Chapter 6: Military Training
Chapter 7: Military Exercise
Chapter 8: Military Experiential Learning
Chapter 9: Military Cultures and Identities
Chapter 10: Military and Gender
Section 8: Military Behavioural Sciences
Chapter 1: What is Military Behavioural Sciences?
Chapter 2: The Psychological Component
Chapter 4: The Physical Component
Chapter 5: The Social Component
Chapter 6: The Ethical/Moral Component
Chapter 7: The Health Component
Chapter 8: The Performance Component
Section 9: Military Leadership
Chapter 1: What is Military Leadership?
Chapter 2: Leadership in Extremis
Chapter 3: Military Commandship
Chapter 4: Military Leader and Leadership Development
Chapter 5: Conflict Management
Chapter 6: Decision Making
Section 10: Military Management, Economics and Logistics
Chapter 1: What is Military Management, Economics and Logistics?
Chapter 2: Human Resources
Chapter 3: Recruitment and Retention
Chapter 4: Military Economics
Chapter 5: Military Logistics
Section 11: Military Technology
Chapter 1: What is Military Technology?Chapter 2: Information systems
Chapter 3: Network Centric War
Chapter 4: Weaponry
Chapter 5: Artificial Intelligence
Chapter 6: Human Interaction with/through Technology
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