Title: Femme fatale : an examination of the role of women in combat and the policy implications for future American military operations /
Authors: Alfonso, Kristal L. M.; Air University (U.S.).
Publisher: Air University Press,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Women in combat; Women soldiers History.; Women and war History.; United States Armed Forces Women Forecasting.
Abstract: Evaluates four cases in which women directly participated in armed conflicts, beginning with an examination of the role women played in the resistance during World War II. The case studies provide a contrast between clandestine actions taken by women who faced an occupying force to women in uniform fending off an invading force.
Contents: Female fighters of World War 11 -- Soviet female fliers of World War 11 -- Shahida in a brave new world -- American women at war -- way backward -- way forward.