Letters to the Editor

摘要

May I use your Letters section to further publicise the sorry state of military sociology in Australia? This follows on from my article of the same title in the most recent edition of the Australian Defence Force Journal. By an intriguing coincidence, the forthcoming issue of the premier military sociology journal, Armed Forces & Society, is devoted to the issue of the teaching of military sociology. This special edition will contain papers by practitioners from a variety of countries, including the US, the Netherlands, Japan, Turkey and South Africa. Although approaches differ according to local professional needs and educational traditions, collectively they confirm my argument that Australia is a laggard in innovative professional military education.