Armed Forces and Society - October 2008

Special issue: Sociology at military academies around the Globe

• Sociology in military officer education - David R Segal and Morten G Ender
• Teaching sociology at Sain-Cyr; 1983-2004 and beyond: a personal account - Bernard Boene
• Van Doorn and beyond: from teaching sociology to interdisciplinary, problem-based learning in Dutch officer training - Rene Moelker and Joseph Soeters
• Sociology at West Point - Morten G Ender, Ryan Kelty and Irving Smith
• Sociology in the Canadian military academy curriculum - Franklin C Pinch and Eric Ouellet
• Sociology at military academies: the Swedish case - Erna Danielsson and Alise Weibull
• The enigmatic history of sociology at the United States Naval Academy - Stephen C Trainor, Donald H Horner Jr and David R Segal
• The expanding role of sociology at Japan National Defense Academy: from none to some and more? - Hitoshi Kawano
• Officer education at the South African Military Academy: social science but no sociology - Lindy Heinecken and Deon Visser
• Teaching sociology in military educational institutions of Russia - Igor V Obraztsov
• In search of modernity and reationality: the evolution of Turkish Military Academy curricula in a historical perspective - Mesut Uyar and A Kadir Varoglu