American Soldiers in Iraq

American Soldiers is the first book to examine the collective social experiences of soldiers in the Iraq War.

Morten G. Ender is Professor of Sociology at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. His research on military sociology has appeared in the Journal of Adolescence, Military Psychology, Journal of Political and Military Sociology, and Armed Forces & Society.

1. Introduction: American Soldiers  2. Creeping Banality: The Boredom Factor and American Soldiers  3. Troop Morale: The Social Psychology of American Soldiers  4. Fusion and Fissure: American Soldier Attitudes toward Social Issues  5. Over There: American Soldier Attitudes toward Foreign Issues  6. McSoldiers: Human Tools or Innovative Professionals?  7. Real G.I. Janes: American Female Soldiers in War  8. Baghdad Calling: Soldier Communications with the Home and Other Fronts  9. Turning Point: Iraq as a Change Agent for Soldiers  10. Death in the Ranks: Class War or Equal Opportunity?  11. Conclusion: Soldiers, Minds, and American Society