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AS AN INSTITUTION RELYING ON INDIVIDUALS AND RESOURCES PROVIDED BY SOCIETY, THE MILITARY HAS BEEN STUDIED BY SCHOLARS FROM A WIDE RANGE OF DISCIPLINES: POLITICAL SCIENCE, SOCIOLOGY, HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY, ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATIVE STUDIES. THE METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES IN THESE DISCIPLINES VARY FROM COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING OF CONFLICTS AND SURVEYS OF MILITARY PERFORMANCE, TO THE QUALITATIVE STUDY OF MILITARY STORIES FROM THE BATTLEFIELD AND VETERANS EXPERIENCES. RAPIDLY DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGICAL FACILITIES (MORE POWERFUL HARDWARE, MORE SOPHISTICATED SOFTWARE, DIGITALIZATION OF DOCUMENTS AND PICTURES) RENDER THE METHODOLOGIES IN USE MORE DYNAMIC THAN EVER.