About the Book
This wonderful and distinctive book brings together prominent soldier scholars from military learning and development institutions from across the globe to explore various facets of the challenges that uniformed personnel face. Military Psychology and its application in real life contexts for uniformed personnel is now fast becoming an interdisciplinary field of international relevance as world armies prepare to ensure security not just on their own borders and within, but across borders and continents.
In the wake of terror attacks all over the world, military psychology is gaining currency and assuming greater significance to encompass not just the Military, but Police, Para Military Forces (PMF) and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) in an effort to understand the psychology of terror and develop tactics and strategies to deal with this growing menace. The book comes at a time when all stakeholders in the fight against terrorism would do well to benefit from the shared learning and collective experience of these military psychologists, most of who have themselves done soldiering in uniform.
Military Psychology: International Perspectives offers an understanding of military psychology and its application for those in uniform as well as policy makers, bureaucrats and those interested in gaining knowledge about this emerging field. It has been written for the benefit of leaders of brave men and women in uniform who risk their lives to protect and serve the nation. The book is designed to expand the outlook of young psychology students, researchers and academicians, practitioners, counsellors and all uniformed personnel, to include Military, Police, PMF and CAPF and their spouses, as eminent psychologists with rich experiences share their knowledge.
Contents
Canada1. Polemology: an imperative field in military psychology /
Jacques J . GouwsIndia2. Stress in the armed forces: a psychological perspective /
Samir Rawat3. Coping resources in the armed forces: a psychological perspective /
Tintisha Basu4. Resilience among military spouses during soldier deployment in operational areas /
Vrashali PatilIndonesia5. Competency-based human resources management: selecting future leaders in the
Indonesian Army /
Eri Radityawara Hidayat Norway6. Character strengths and their relevance for military officers /
Ole BoeRomania7. Cyber-psychology and the soldier of the future /
Cristian DobreSwitzerland8. Research and teaching of military psychology at the Swiss Military Academy /
Hubert AnnenUnited Kingdom9. Health beyond sysmptoms: multidimentional approach to functional fitness in military organizations /
Merle ParmakUnited States10. Cultural competence and leadership in multinational military operations /
Yvonne R . Masakowski
About the Author / Editor
Lt Col Dr Samir Rawat is a Cognitive-Behavioral trainer who uses an eclectic approach in teaching soft skills related to leadership and personality development, behaviour modification and counselling, besides conducting faculty development and training of trainers (TOT) for academic, military & corporate institutions. He is a psychologist and facilitator with extensive experience in strengthening intrapersonal and interpersonal skills development with individuals and among teams.
His diverse research interests vary from soldier performance in combat and other dangerous life-threatening military environment to optimal leadership, adolescent and child learning development initiatives to stress optimization to building highly cohesive teams under equally challenging conditions.
Dr Rawat has presented psychology and military papers in national as well as international conferences in India and abroad. He has contributed extensively to military and academic journals of repute as well as been cited in leading national newspapers. He has taught a diverse group of population ranging from police, military recruits, religious teachers, young officers from armed forces, commanding officers, para military forces and friendly foreign countries. He has also been involved in training school and college students from various countries, NGOs, pilots, management trainees and senior management in corporate houses.
