Researching the Military aims to contribute to a greater reflexivity in the field of military studies, by focusing on the experiences of researchers who study the military around the world.

Helena Carreiras is Professor at the School of Sociology and Public Policy of ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon.

Celso Castro is Professor and current Director of CPDOC (The School of Social Sciences and History) at Getulio Vargas Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Sabina Fréderic is Research Associate at CONICET (National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina) and Associate Professor at the University of Quilmes, Argentina.

Introduction, Helena Carreiras, Celso Castro and Sabina Frederic 1. Reflexivity and the sociological study of the Military, Helena Carreiras and Ana Caetano 2. What is worthy of study about the Military? The Sociology of Militaries-in-Use in current-day conflicts, Eyal Ben-Ari 3. Reflections on insider-outsider experiences of military research in South Africa, Lindy Heinecken 4. Bridging the gap between academic findings and operational military needs, Ljubica JeluSic, Janja Vuga BerSnak, Julija JeluSic Juznic 5. Researching military geographies, Rachel Woodward 6. Irregular Anthropology: researching for the Military, Piero Leirner 7. Interviewing the Brazilian Military: reflections on a research experience, Celso Castro 8. The effects of military service on women's life from the narrative perspective, Edna Lomsky-Feder and Orna Sasson-Levy 9. Ethnography is a kind of flight. Experience-near methods in researching a-4b pilots of the Malvinas-Falklands war , Rosana Guber 10. An ethnographic research in the military field. Rethinking academic autonomy in the study of the exodus of junior military personnel in Argentina, Sabina Frederic 11. Immersion experiences within military organizations, Claude Weber 12. The social scientist-soldier in action on the military field, Alicia Paya y Pastor 13. An experience of ethnographic research with military families in the Brazilian amazon border, Cristina Rodrigues da Silva 14. Women researching the military. The researcher-researched relationship through a gender sensitive perspective, Teresa Ammendola, Fatima Farina and Maria Grazia Galantino 15. Linked Lives in Military Sociology: Family, Research, Teaching, and Policy, David R. Segal and Mady Wechsler Segal Conclusion, Helena Carreiras, Celso Castro and Sabina Frederic