
| 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 | ||