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Foreword ix G. Kurt Piehler Acknowledgments xi Introduction: Samuel A. Stouffer and Military Sociology xiii David R. Segal 1. Meet Sam Stouffer 1 2. Stouffer in the Interwar Years 17 3. Impulses and Stimuli for the Research Branch 29 4. The Research Branch Rising 45 5. The Research Branch Refined 65 6. Structure and Findings of The American Soldier 91 7. Reception and Criticism of The American Soldier 117 8. Stouffer, the Research Branch, and The American Soldier Postbellum 129 Epilogue 155 Appendix: Et Al.: The Coauthors of The American Soldier 163 Notes 175 Bibliography 239 Index 267 contents Illustrations Samuel A. Stouffer 3 “Beautiful View! Is There One for the Enlisted Men?” 38 Research Branch Survey System 50 Growth and Activity of the Research Branch, November 1941–September 1942 59 Cover of What the Soldier Thinks, Vol. 1, No. 1 60 Cover of Psychology for the Fighting Man 79 Chart 1 from The American Soldier, Vol. I 95 Chart 6 from The American Soldier, Vol. I 109 Chart 3 from The American Soldier, Vol. I 111 Chart 3 from The American Soldier, Vol. II 114 The Swank and Marchand Curve 115 “At Last, the Perfect Soldier” 157 ...

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