The first work of its kind ever published in the field of comparative military psychiatry, this book draws together a cross-cultural analysis of the discipline as practiced by the armies of the United States, Germany, Israel, and the Soviet Union.

Introduction /Richard A. Gabriel -- The human dimension of battle and combat breakdown / David Marlowe -- American military psychiatry / Lawrence Ingraham and Frederick Manning -- Soviet military psychiatry / Richard A. Gabriel -- Military psychiatry in the German Army / Robert Schneider -- Military psychiatry in the Israeli Defense Force / Gregory Lucas Belenky -- Future directions of military psychiatry / Franklin D. Jones.