\u003cp\u003eRecent conflicts have required the armed forces to engage in what has been termed âwar amongst the peopleâ. Such conflicts increasingly require a type of soldier deployed to function as an âarmed social workerâ, as was seen most recently in operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. If this increased focus on societal relations has â and should â become the area of prime concern for contemporary armed forces, this poses a series of conceptual and practical questions regarding the âpeopleâ concerned and the nature of the society amongst which war is conducted.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScholars and practitioners come together in this volume to explore how armed forces can make sense of such complexity in conceptual terms and how military actors have practically interacted with local power structures and relations, with both positive and negative effects. It examines armed forcesâ engagement at the local level in a contemporary context and contextualises this within the broader political, strategic, tactical and legal implications this engagement has had at home and overseas.\u003c/p\u003e
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