The Encyclopedia of Military Science is a comprehensive four-volume work that covers the organization, traditions, training, purpose, and functions of today's military. It includes coverage of military personnel duties, responsibilities, and authority, as well as strategies and tactics of the modern military. The work also covers issues of leadership, group dynamics, motivation, problem-solving, and decision making in the military context. Additionally, it covers recent American military history since the end of the Cold War with a special emphasis on peacekeeping and peacemaking operations, the First Persian Gulf War, the events surrounding 9/11, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and how the military has been changing in relation to these events.