Sociology and EmpireThe revelation that the U. S. Department of Defense had hired anthropologists for its Human Terrain System projectassisting its operations in Afghanistan and Iraqcaused an uproar that has obscured the participation of sociologists in similar Pentagon funded projects. As the contributors to Sociology and Empire show, such affiliations are not new. Sociologists have been active as advisers, theorists, and analysts of Western imperialism for more than a