The relationship between anthropologists and the US military has generated many heated
discussions—at professional meetings and in the pages of scholarly books and journals—
much of it based on supposition rather than empirical evidence. The debates raise some
fundamental questions: Who are military anthropologists? What do they do? In response, the
authors of Practicing Military Anthropology offer deeply personal accounts of their paths to
becoming military anthropologists, what their choices have meant both professionally and …

… Over the course of its seven chapters, Practicing Military Anthropology fills a critical gap in
knowledge about the frequently marginalized first-hand perspectives of anthropologists who
have built fruitful relationships with the military in spite of, and sometimes by virtue of, the
apparent challenges. True to its subtitle, this work approaches a contentious topic with
surprising … Practicing Military Anthropolog y with the hope of shedding light on the breadth of
interaction occurring between the military and the social sciences as well as where the military …