This open access handbook is a major reference work in the field of Military Sciences. It provides a thematic introduction to a broad range of sub-fields and perspectives concerned with the military as an institution, professional practice, and object of scholarly inquiry.

The handbook is intended for scholars, students, military professionals, and others seeking a structured introduction to the concepts, traditions, and bodies of knowledge that contribute to the study of the military. By bringing together contributions from different disciplinary and professional perspectives, it offers a point of orientation within the broader landscape of Military Sciences.

Section Editors:

Anders McD Sookermany, Norwegian Defence University College, Oslo, Norway (Philosophy of Military Sciences)
Harald Høiback, The Armed Forces Museum, Oslo, Norway (Military Operations)
Niels Bo Poulsen, Royal Danish Defence College, Copenhagen, Denmark (Military History)
Patricia M. Shields, Texas State University, San Marcos, USA (Military and Society)
Carsten F. Rønnfeldt, Norwegian Defence University College, Oslo, Norway (International Relations and the Military)
Irina Goldenberg, Department of National Defence, Ottawa, Canada (Military Behavioural Sciences)
Michael Holenweger, Military Academy at ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (Military Leadership)
Martin Elbe, Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr, Potsdam, Germany (Military Leadership)
Franz Kernic, MILAK at ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (Military Leadership)
Joseph Soeters, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands (Military Management, Economics and Logistics)
Ben Zweibelson, U.S. Space Command, Colorado Springs, USA (Military Design)
Aubrey Poe, Independent Consultant (Military Design)

Anders McD Sookermany is both an active duty officer and a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Civil-Military Relations. He is President of the International Society of Military Sciences (ISMS), Norwegian Defence University College, Oslo, Norway. He was a research fellow at the Norwegian School of Sports Sciences Defence Institute. He has a Defense College education supplemented with a doctorate degree in Pedagogy form the University of Oslo and a masters degree in Philosophy of Sport from the Norwegian School of Sports Sciences. 

His research interest is related to skill-acquisition in postmodern/modern military contexts. Currently Sookermany is heading the institutes R&D-program “Learning under Risk” (LuR). The overall aim of the LuR-program is to describe, understand and explain the risk dimension in (relation to) soldiers’ learning before, during and after participation in military operations. As a sports- and pedagogical philosopher Sookermany is also interested in the Philosophy of Science, a subject he teaches at the masters level at the Norwegian Defence University College. More so, for the time being he is in cooperation with the military academies in the process of developing a new bachelor subject on developing military training cultures. 

In addition Sookermany has, within the broader area of his expertise (education, learning, training, performance and culture), participated in several national and international committees, councils, working groups etc. He is a member of the editorial board of the Armed Forces & Society journal.​