TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ryan,Joseph W.
TI  - Samuel Stouffer and the GI Survey: Sociologists and Soldiers during the Second World War
T2  - Legacies of war
SN  - 1621900258
AV  - UA23 
U1  - 940.5 
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - Knoxville
PB  - Univ Tennessee Press
KW  - Stouffer, Samuel A.,
KW  - Stouffer Samuel A
KW  - 1900-1960
KW  - Sociology, Military
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Social surveys
KW  - Soldiers
KW  - Attitudes
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Sociologists
KW  - Biography
KW  - Military morale
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Sociologie militaire
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 20e siècle
KW  - Enquêtes sociales
KW  - Sociologues
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Militaires
KW  - Moral
KW  - Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945
KW  - Aspect psychologique
KW  - Aspect social
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - Europe
KW  - Western
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - General
KW  - fast
KW  - War Department
KW  - Information and Education Division
KW  - Research Branch
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Samuel A. Stouffer and military sociology / David R. Segal -- Meet Sam Stouffer -- Stouffer in the interwar years -- Impulses and stimuli for the Research Branch -- The Research Branch rising -- The Research Branch refined -- Structure and findings of the American soldier -- Reception and criticism of the American soldier -- Stouffer, the Research Branch, and the American soldier postbellum -- Epilogue
N2  - Samuel Stouffer, a little-known sociologist from Sac City, Iowa, is likely not a name World War II historians associate with other stalwart men of the war, such as Eisenhower, Patton, or MacArthur. Yet Stouffer, in his role as head of the Army Information and Education Division's Research Branch, spearheaded an effort to understand the citizen-soldier, his reasons for fighting, and his overall Army experience. Using empirical methods of inquiry to transform general assumptions about leadership and soldiering into a sociological understanding of a draftee Army, Stouffer perhaps did more for the everyday soldier than any general officer could have hoped to accomplish. Stouffer and his colleagues surveyed more than a half-million American GIs during World War II, asking questions about everything from promotions and rations to combat motivation and beliefs about the enemy. Soldiers' answers often demonstrated that their opinions differed greatly from what their senior leaders thought soldier opinions were, or should be. Stouffer and his team of sociologists published monthly reports entitled "What the Soldier Thinks," and after the war compiled the Research Branch's exhaustive data into an indispensible study popularly referred to as The American Soldier. General George C. Marshall was one of the first to recognize the value of Stouffer's work, referring to The American Soldier as "the first quantitative studies of the ... mental and emotional life of the soldier." Marshall also recognized the considerable value of The American Soldier beyond the military. Stouffer's wartime work influenced multiple facets of policy, including demobilization and the GI Bill. Post-war, Stouffer's techniques in survey research set the state of the art in the civilian world as well. Both a biography of Samuel Stouffer and a study of the 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. David R. Segal's introduction places Stouffer among the elite sociologists of his day and discusses his lasting impact on the field. Stouffer and his team changed how Americans think about war and how citizen-soldiers were treated during wartime. Samuel Stouffer and the GI Survey brings a contemporary perspective to these significant contributions
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