Beyond the band of brothers : the US military and the myth that women can't fight / Megan Mackenzie.
Women can't fight. This assumption lies at the heart of the combat exclusion, a policy that was fiercely defended as essential to national security, despite evidence that women have been contributing to hostile operations now and throughout history. This book examines the role of women in the U...
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Cambridge, United Kingdom :
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2015.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : Myths, men, and policy making
- The combat exclusion is a story we tell ourselves...about men
- The disintegration of the combat exclusion in Iraq and Afghanistan
- It just doesn't feel right: emotion and the combat exclusion policy
- Faster, stronger, more male : women and the failure of physical standards
- Sex, cohesion, and national security
- Using online debates to map public reaction to the combat exclusion.