A soldier and a woman : sexual integration in the military / edited by Gerard J. DeGroot and Corinna Peniston-Bird.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

De Groot, Gerard J., 1955-

Peniston-Bird, C. M.

Series:

Women and men in history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women soldiers--History.

Women soldiers.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 384 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Harlow, England ; New York : Longman, 2000.

Summary:

Providing a background to an often contentious debate, Gerard DeGroot explores the long history surrounding the issue of women's role in the military. . Examines the experiences of women in the military from the late medieval period to the present day. Explores a wide range of wars including, The Thirty Years War, the First and Second World Wars, the Long March in China, and the Viet Nam War. Also examined is terrorism and contemporary military service. Ideal for anyone interested in military history or women's history. Also available in Hardcover 0-582-41439-3.

Contents:

Part 1 Sexual Integration in the Military before 1945

Introduction to Part 1: Arms and the Woman / Gerard J. DeGroot 3

1. Silent Partners: Women and Warfare in Early Modern Europe / Brian Crim 18

2. In the Army: Women, Camp Followers and Gender Roles in the British Army in the French and Indian Wars, 1755-1765 / Scott N. Hendrix 33

3. 'We Too Were Soldiers': The Experiences of British Nurses in the Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902 / Christopher Schmitz 49

4. They Fought for Russia: Female Soldiers of the First World War / Laurie Stoff 66

5. Women at Work: Chinese Soldiers on the Long March, 1934-1936 / Helen Praeger Young 83

6. Lipstick on her Nipples, Cordite in her Hair: Sex and Romance among British Servicewomen during the Second World War / Gerard J. DeGroot 100

7. 'She Wants a Gun not a Dishcloth!': Gender, Service and Citizenship in Britain in the Second World War / Penny Summerfield 119

8. Soldiers in the Shadows: Women of the French Resistance / Margaret Collins Weitz 135

9. 'Do Not Speak of the Services You Rendered': Women Veterans of Aviation in the Soviet Union / Reina Pennington 152

Part 2 Sexual Integration in the Military since 1945

Introduction to Part 2: Ambiguity, Contradiction and Possibility / Corinna Peniston-Bird 175

10. Soldiers and Symbols: North Vietnamese Women and the American War / Karen Turner 185

11. 'Dark Angel': Vietnam War Poetry by American Women Veterans / Edward J. Rielly 205

12. Women, War and the Veil: Muslim Women in Resistance and Combat / Kathryn M. Coughlin 223

13. Between Worlds: Algerian Women in Conflict / Nicole F. Ladewig 240

14. Gendering Military Service in the Israel Defence Forces / Dafna N. Izraeli 256

15. Women in China's Changing Military Ethic / Susan M. Rigdon 275

16. 'And Don't Forget to Clean the Fridge': Women in the Secret Sphere of Terrorism / Catherine Taylor 294

17. 'A Simple Matter of Equality': The Admission of Women to West Point / Lance Janda 305

18. Delilah Shaves Her Hair: Women, the Military and Hollywood / Corinna Peniston-Bird 320

19. Military Law and the Treatment of Women Soldiers: Sexual Harassment and Fraternization in the US Army / Fred L. Borch III 337.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 360-373) and index.

ISBN:

0582414393

0582414385

OCLC:

43365821