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Binder's title: Winthrop's military law and precedents. 2nd ed., v. 1 and 2. Reprint. 1920. ; "Winthrop's military law and precedents, second edition, is, with the permission of Brig. Gen. W.A. Bethel, United States Army, owner of the copyright, reprinted for the information of the service"--P. 3. ; Mode of access: Internet.

This article examines individual military identities as articulated by serving and former British military personnel. Following a review of approaches to military identities in both traditional military sociology and more contemporary sociologies of military personnel informed by post-structuralist theories, the article introduces a methodological approach to identities driven by respondents' perspectives generated during photo-elicitation interviews. These constructions of military identities rest on: the assertions and demonstrations of professional skill, competence and expertise of the trained military operative; the significance of fictive kinship and camaraderie amongst soldiers; and the place in identity work of personal participation in events of national or global significance. Military identity, we argue, is a locally emergent phenomenon, constituted by members' concepts of their own identity. These findings complement and develop existing sociological conceptualizations of military identities.

This edited book provides an interdisciplinary, state-of-the-art overview of the growing phenomenon of private military companies.

Examines power of the military in political life and the army's preoccupation with maintaining a secular state, rather than a democratic one; focus on action in recent years against the Islamic fundamentalist Refah Party.