This book seeks to chart and evaluate the impact of social research on the military itself.

Eyal Ben-Ari is a research fellow at the Institute for Society, Security and Peace, Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee, Israel.

Helena Carreiras is director of the National Defense Institute, Portugal, and Associate Professor, University Institute of Lisbon.

Celso Castro is full professor and dean of the School of Social Sciences, Fundação Getulio Vargas, Brazil.

Introduction Eyal Ben-Ari, Helena Carreiras and Celso Castro 1. Truth in Military Studies: Lessons for Producers and Consumers of Research on the Military David R. Segal 2. Military sociology in Germany: The Roles and Challenges of In-house Institutes Martin Elbe and Gerhard Kuemmel 3. What does Social Science Research on the Military "Do"? Between Academic Ornament and Dubious Ally of the Israeli Military Eyal Ben-Ari 4. Bridging two worlds: the knowledge-policy linkage in the study of the Portuguese Armed Forces Helena Carreiras 5. Between Academia and the Military profession: a case study of Finnish National Defence University Soili Paananen 6. Research as a Totem: How an Academic Book became the Patrimony of a Generation of Officers Celso Castro 7. Notes on the Appropriation of an Ethnography: The Case of the Military Police of the State of São Paulo Piero de Camargo Leirner 8. Possibilities of impact and acceptance of research and public policies with a gender perspective in the Argentine Armed Forces Laura Masson