Women and war
By: Jean Bethke Elshtain ; with a new epilogue.
Edition: University of Chicago Press ed.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
Subjects: Women and war.; Just war doctrine.
Description: Jean Elshtain examines how the myths of Man as "Just Warrior" and Woman as "Beautiful Soul" serve to recreate and secure women's social position as noncombatants and men's identity as warriors. Elshtain demonstrates how these myths are undermined by the reality of female bellicosity and sacrificial male love, as well as the moral imperatives of just wars.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-290) and index.
Originally published: New York : Basic Books, c1987.