Women as Weapons of War
Subtitle: Iraq, Sex, and the Media
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: February 16, 2010
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780231141918
Subjects: History -- Asia -- Afghanistan; History -- Middle East -- Iraq; History -- Military -- Iraq War; Nonfiction -- Government -- Federal Government; Nonfiction -- Philosophy -- Movements -- Deconstruction; Nonfiction -- Philosophy -- Political; Nonfiction -- Politics -- History & Theory; Nonfiction -- Women's Studies
First sentence: The figures and faces from wars in the Middle East that continue to haunt us at the beginning of the twenty-first century are those of women: think of the Palestinian women suicide bombers, starting with Wafa Idris in January 2002; or the capture and rescue of Pfc.