Previous edition: 1987.

1. The Military Man in a Changing Society. The Military Inheritance. Husbands, Fathers and Families. Ingredients of Change. The Symmetrical Family. Military Man, Family Man -- 2. Young Men Going Places. A Collection of Interviews. Social and Educational Backgrounds. Career Motivation: The Self-Image of the Young Military Man. Working Wives. Households. Parenting -- 3. Military Communities: 'The Married Patch'. Married Quarters -- Why They Exist. Peculiarities of the Military Housing System. The Look of the Place. People and Problems. Taking On/Giving Up the Tenancy. 'In' Groups and Isolates. Dissenters -- 4. Variations on a Theme: Different Kinds of Military Community. The Mobile Community. The Community of Mobile Individuals. The Depot Community. The Overseas Base. Boarding School Children. Voluntarily Unaccompanied Husbands -- 5. Family Problems and the Military Machine. The Accident. The Offence. The Suicide. The Welfare Services. Through the Eyes of the Client.