This handbook provides a straightforward account of how women have served in combat roles and explains the ongoing controversy surrounding efforts to legalize combat assignments for female service members.
Rosemarie Skaine, MA, is a sociologist and an award-winning author whose published works include Women of Afghanistan in the Post-Taliban Era: How Lives Have Changed and Where They Stand Today and Women Political Leaders in Africa.
The thoroughness of this work, and the impressive list of
references concluding each chapter, indicates the enormous amount
of research that went into it. . . . Researchers will appreciate
the lengthy annotated list of print and non-print resources,
definitive glossary, and extensive index.
*School Library Journal*
A new addition to the Contemporary World Issues series, this work
provides a good overview of the issue of women in combat. . . .
Overall, this work is a nicely arranged, easy-to-use introduction
to the topic.
*Choice*
A solid, unbiased reference handbook concerning a vital modern-day
issue—that of women serving in military combat. . . . Women in
Combat is highly recommended especially for public and college
library military shelves.
*Midwest Book Review*
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