De Groot, Gerard and Peniston-Bird, C (editors)
A Soldier and a Woman: Sexual Integration in the Military Up to 1945, Longman, 2000, 448 pp.
ISBN: 0582414393

 

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Contents
Preface		x
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 on Contributors		355
Guide to Further Reading		360
Index		374

 

 

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