| Contributors | |
| Foreword | |
| Preface | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Ch. 1 | Uniforms and Youth: The Military Child and His or Her Family | 3 |
| Ch. 2 | Mothers in Uniform | 25 |
| Ch. 3 | Long-Term Effects on Children of a Parent Missing in Wartime | 48 |
| Ch. 4 | Psychosexual Scars of Recent Wars | 66 |
| Ch. 5 | A Reason to Believe: The Sustenance of Military Families | 98 |
| Ch. 6 | Special Warriors, Special Families, and Special Concerns | 121 |
| Ch. 7 | Attitudes, Knowledge Base, and Skills Essential to Treat Military Families: Core Elements in Training and Supervisory Endeavors | 130 |
| Ch. 8 | Military Family Service Centers: Their Preventive and Interventive Functions | 163 |
| Ch. 9 | Weathering the Storm at Home: War-Related Family Stress and Coping | 173 |
| Ch. 10 | The Military Family and the Health Care System | 191 |
| Ch. 11 | Military Retirement in the Post-Cold War Era | 214 |
| Ch. 12 | Social Policy and Planning and Legislative Considerations | 241 |
| Ch. 13 | Thematic and Universal Considerations | 251 |
| Author Index | 259 |
| Subject Index | 269 |