624 Revista del Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos Núm. 2 / 2013 in military education centres, as described in chapter twelve. The next three chapters cover the practice of psychology in the education centres of the three armed forces. Chapters seventeen and eighteen look at history and research methodology in the field of Military Psychology before making way for four chapters devoted to a review of the research carried out in different fields such as psychosocial risks in military personnel (which we recommend you read in connection with chapter twenty-seven), the simulation of psychopathology in the armed forces based on a review of empirically supported research (to be read, ideally, in conjunction with chapter two), an analysis of stressors and psychological repercussions in peacekeeping operations in conflict zones (chapter related to part four of the book) and jet lag (which should be read, ideally, in conjunction with chapters twenty-four and twenty-five). The coordinator is thanked for addressing these matters, given that it is as important to describe the work of military psychologists and the way they are organised as it is to examine the contributions of other psychologists and scientific findings aimed at improving their performance. A quality manual such as this one could not fail to examine the progress and opportunities offered by science, and we therefore recommend you read this section of the book, even though its position in the book could be debated. A classical topic opens the area on Organisational Psychology: “Leadership and the exercise of command”, and a general approach is taken to concepts and competencies. The next chapter in this section addresses the selection procedure for pilots and operational staff, an area of operations that gave rise to industrial psychology and, in fact, military psychology in the early decades of the 20th century. Chapter twenty-seven looks at social psychology as a specialty in accident prevention in the Armed Forces and the following chapters deal with negotiation, social skills and another unique activity - the work carried out in military prisons. The last part of the book is devoted to intervention in military operations. The most current and complex aspects are dealt with extreme professionalism. This is the case of the work of psychologists in emergencies and natural disasters (the subject of chapter thirty-one), where the different techniques and procedures for working with victims are reviewed. The next chapter looks at a specific example, namely, the use of psychology in the Military Emergency Unit. Chapter thirty-three is devoted to a controversial and highly topical issue: “The Role of Resilience in the Armed Forces”. The subject of this chapter is the well known Comprehensive Soldier Fitness (C.S.F.) programme that the U.S. Army introduced some years ago to prevent and treat psychological problems using “positive psychology”, and it is obvious that there is a need to introduce psychological resilience-building programmes like those of the U.S. in our armed forces. The next two chapters are closely related to this one; chapter thirty-four looks at how the psychological strength of a military unit can be assessed using an instrument (CEPPU) that has been used for years in our armed forces and which has proven very useful in providing advice to management and designing activities to build resilience and psychological strength.
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