Published: 2022-03-15
Articles
Military Veterans of the War on Terror
A New Generation of Congressional Foreign-Policy Advocacy
1–36
AbstractThe number of US military veterans of the War on Terror (WoT) who were elected to Congress increased to its highest level ever in 2021. This...
The Military’s Cultural Shroud
Media Influence on War Knowledge among Civilians and Military Personnel
37–72
AbstractThe current study investigates the relationship among media, war knowledge, and military culture through survey data collected at a major...
Examining Myths of the Mad, Bad, and Sad British Veteran in Today’s Media
A Qualitative Approach
73–96
AbstractPrevious research on British public perceptions of UK veterans has focused mainly on opinion polls and survey data. This is problematic, as the...
Military Families from Within
Interlacing of the Child’s Adjustment, Family Dynamics, and Military Demands during Deployment
97–119
AbstractThis article analyzes the results of a survey among deployed Slovenian service members and their spouses. The purpose of the study was to...
Book Reviews
A Woman’s Place: US Counterterrorism since 9/11 by Joana Cook
120–122
AbstractA Woman’s Place: US Counterterrorism since 9/11 by Joana Cook. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020 (564 pages; cloth).
Escaping the Ordinary: How the Founder of the SAS Blazed a Trail at the End of Empire by Lorna Almonds-Windmill
122–124
AbstractEscaping the Ordinary: How the Founder of the SAS Blazed a Trail at the End of Empire by Lorna Almonds-Windmill. Kibworth Beauchamp: Matador,...
Spear to the West: Thought and Recruitment in Violent Jihadism by Stephen Chan
124–126
AbstractSpear to the West: Thought and Recruitment in Violent Jihadism by Stephen Chan. London: Hurst & Company, 2019 (173 pages; paper).
Scripts of Terror: The Stories Terrorists Tell Themselves by Benedict Wilkinson
126–129
AbstractScripts of Terror: The Stories Terrorists Tell Themselves by Benedict Wilkinson. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020 (320 pages; cloth).
War and Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa by Ariel I. Ahram
129–131
AbstractWar and Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa by Ariel I. Ahram. Medford, MA: Polity, 2020 (263 pages, paper).