Research Catalog

Title

Beyond the band of brothers : the US military and the myth that women can't fight / Megan Mackenzie.

Author

MacKenzie, Megan H. (Megan Hazel)

Publication

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

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• Contributor biographical information
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Description

xi, 220 pages; 23 cm

Summary

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 US military and the key arguments used to justify the combat exclusion, in the light of the decision to reverse the policy in 2013. The author considers the historic role of the combat exclusion in shaping American military identity and debunks claims that the recent policy change signals a new era for women in the military. Placing the policy in the broader context, the author shows how women's exclusion from combat reaffirms male supremacy in the military and sustains a key military myth, that of the band of brothers. She traces the myth from Freud to HBO in her critical analysis and history of the role of women in combat.

Subject

• Women in combat > United States
• Women soldiers > United States
• Armed Forces > Women
• Military policy
• Women soldiers
• United States > Armed Forces > Women
• United States > Military policy
• United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-218) and index.

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.

Call Number

JFE 16-2202

ISBN

• 9781107628106 (paperback)
• 1107628105 (paperback)
• 9781107049765 (hardback)
• 1107049768 (hardback)

LCCN

2015473105

OCLC

914235926

Author

MacKenzie, Megan H. (Megan Hazel), author.

Title

Beyond the band of brothers : the US military and the myth that women can't fight / Megan Mackenzie.

Publisher

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-218) and index.

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Research Call Number

JFE 16-2202