Samuel Stouffer and the GI Survey - Ryan, Joseph W
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Both a biography of Samuel Stouffer and a study of the US Army Information and Education Division’s Research Branch, Samuel Stouffer and the GI Survey illuminates the role that sociology played in understanding the American draftee Army of the Second World War. Joseph W. Ryan tracks Stouffer’s career as he guided the Army leadership toward a more accurate knowledge of their citizen soldiers, while simultaneously establishing the parameters of modern survey research.

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Both a biography of Samuel Stouffer and a study of the US Army Information and Education Division’s Research Branch, Samuel Stouffer and the GI Survey illuminates the role that sociology played in understanding the American draftee Army of the Second World War. Joseph W. Ryan tracks Stouffer’s career as he guided the Army leadership toward a more accurate knowledge of their citizen soldiers, while simultaneously establishing the parameters of modern survey research.
Autorenporträt
Joseph W. Ryan is a retired Army officer and teaches history at Jesuit College Preparatory School in Dallas, Texas, USA. He earned his PhD from the University of Kansas in 2010. David R. Segal is a professor of sociology and director of the Center for Research on Military Organization at the University of Maryland, USA. He is the author or editor of more than a half-dozen books related to military sociology, and in 2007 he received the Morris Janowitz Award for Career Achievement.