Femme fatale
Subtitle: an examination of the role of women in combat and the policy implications for future American military operations
By: Kristal L. M. Alfonso
Contributors: Air University (U.S.). School of Advanced Air and Space Studies
Series: Drew paper -- no. 5; Drew paper -- no. 5.
Publisher: Air University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Maxwell AFB, Ala
Language: eng
Number of pages: 122
ISBN-13: 9781585661961
Subjects: Women in combat; Armed Forces; Women; Forecasting; Women soldiers; History; Women and war
Other titles: Examination of the role of women in combat and the policy implications for future American military operations
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-122).
Table of contents: title: Female fighters of World War 11; title: Soviet female fliers of World War 11; title: Shahida in a brave new world; title: American women at war; title: way backward; title: way forward.