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When Janey comes marching home : portraits of women combat veterans / [collected by] Laura Browder ; photographs by Sascha Pflaeging.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women veterans--United States--Biography.
- Women veterans.
- Women veterans--United States--Pictorial works.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Women--United States--Biography.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011.
- Afghan War, 2001-2021--Women--United States--Biography.
- Afghan War, 2001-2021.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Personal narratives, American.
- Afghan War, 2001-2021--Personal narratives, American.
- Women and war--United States.
- Women and war.
- United States--Armed Forces--Women--Biography.
- United States.
- United States--Armed Forces--Women--Pictorial works.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (168 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- While women are officially barred from combat in the American armed services, in the current war, where there are no front lines, the ban on combat is virtually meaningless. More than in any previous conflict in our history, American women are engaging with the enemy, suffering injuries, and even sacrificing their lives in the line of duty.When Janey Comes Marching Home juxtaposes forty-eight photographs by Sascha Pflaeging with oral histories collected by Laura Browder to provide a dramatic portrait of women at war. Women from all five branches of the military share their stori
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; Why I Joined; Earlier Wars; Deployment; Relationships with Iraqis and Afghans; Contractors; Spirituality; The Mission; Motherhood; Coming Home; Changing Relationships; Women in the Military; Terminology; Notes; Suggestions for Further Reading; About the Photographs; Acknowledgments
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798890885425
- 9780807898338
- 0807898333
- OCLC:
- 613678414
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