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Armed Forces & Society

Armed Forces & Society


eISSN: 15560848 | ISSN: 0095327X | Current volume: 50 | Current issue: 4 Frequency: Quarterly

Contact Information:
Editorial Office
Department of Political Science
University Academic Center, Rm.370
601 University Drive
Texas State University
San Marcos, TX 78666

Phone: (703) 853-9170
Email: afsjournal@iusafs.org

Armed Forces & Society is the leading peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary, and international journal publishing on topics such as

  • Civil Military Relations
  • Military Organizations
  • Use of Force
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Logic and Consequences of War
  • Terrorism
  • Military Leadership & Professionalism
  • Ethics
  • Security
  • Arms Control
  • Peacekeeping
  • Defense Economics
  • Recruitment and Retention
  • Reserve Forces and Veterans
  • Representation Issues
  • Family and Health Issues
  • Military History

Armed Forces & Society publishes empirical, theoretically-informed articles, research notes, book reviews, and review essays.  Its articles may adopt an interdisciplinary, comparative, or historical perspective, use qualitative or quantitative methods, and range from policy-relevant to theoretical themes—but they always meet the highest standards of intellectual rigor, scholarly argument, evidence, and readability.

Armed Forces & Society: an interdisciplinary journal publishes articles quarterly on civil-military relations, veterans, force effectiveness and diversity, military culture, officer education and training, military institutions, ethics, unit cohesion, military families, peacemaking, privatization, public opinion, and conflict management. The journal is international in scope with a focus on interdisciplinary and policy discourse. The editors and contributors include political scientists, sociologists, psychologists, legal scholars, historians, and economists, as well as specialists in military organization and strategy, and peacekeeping.

For further exploration, please read Dr. Pat Shields’s “Dynamic Intersection of Military and Society (2020).

Armed Forces & Society: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Statement

Traversing the fine line between armed violence and peacekeeping, our mission at Armed Forces & Society is to represent fully the constituents we serve as well as those underserved or marginalized throughout history and today. Our international team of scholars and reviewers reflects and champions the diversity of our audience across the spectrum of human experience. We aspire to equity in our policy and administration. We are committed to inclusion. We endeavor to cultivate peace.

Editor
Patricia M. Shields Texas State University, San Marcos, USA
Managing Editor
Donald S. Travis Texas State University, USA
Board of Editors
David L. Albright The University of Alabama, USA
Charles (Chuck) Allen US Army War College, USA
Eyal Ben-Ari Kinneret College, Israel
Bernard Boene L'Ecole Superieure Militaire de Saint-Cyr, France
Risa Brooks Marquette University, USA
Richard Chasdi Walsh College, Michigan, USA
Lindsay Cohn U.S. Naval War College, USA
Damon Coletta United States Air Force Academy, USA
Thomas Crosbie Royal Danish Defense College, Denmark
Christopher Dandeker King's College London, UK
Thomas Doyle Texas State University, USA
Antulio Echevarria U.S. Army War College, USA
Morten Ender United States Military Academy, USA
Peter D. Feaver Duke University, USA
Nir Gazit Ruppin Academic Center, Israel
Andrea Ghiselli Fudan University, China
Irina Goldenberg Department of National Defence, Canada
Lindy Heinecken Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Ramon Hinojosa University of Central Florida, USA
Moses Khisa North Carolina State University, USA
Anthony King University of Exeter, UK
Gerhard Kuemmel Bundeswehr Institute of Social Research, Germany
Terence Lee National University of Singapore, Singapore
Christian Leuprecht Royal Military College of Canada, Canada
Yagil Levy The Open University of Israel, Israel
Robert Mandel Lewis and Clark College, USA
Laura Miller RAND, USA
Rene Moelker Netherlands Defence Academy, Netherlands
Brenda Moore State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
Emmanuel Ojo University of Ilorin, Nigeria
Ami Pedahzur University of Texas at Austin, USA
David Pion-Berlin University of California, Riverside, USA
Jonathan Powell University of Central Florida, USA
Jos C. N. Raadschelders The Ohio State University, USA
Sebastiaan Rietjens Netherlands Defense Academy, Netherlands
Chiara Ruffa Uppsala University, Sweden
William Ruger American Institute of Economic Research, USA
Rebecca L. Schiff U.S. Naval War College, USA
Ryan Scott US Army
Anders Sookermany Norwegian Defence University College, Norway
Ori Swed Texas Tech University, USA
Hassan Tajalli Texas State University, USA
Jeremy M. Teigen Ramapo College, USA
Pascal Vennesson Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Robert A. Vitas Lithuanian Research and Studies Center, USA
Travis Whetsell Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
John Allen Williams Loyola University, Chicago, USA
Editors Emeritus
Morris Janowitz (1973-1983)
David R. Segal (1983-1989)
Claude Welch (1989-1993)
Jay Stanley (1992-1995)
James Burk (1995-1998)
Mark Eitelberg (1998-2001)
Book Review Editor
Donald S. Travis Texas State University, USA
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