Research Catalog

Femme fatale : an examination of the role of women in combat and the policy implications for future American military operations / Kristal L. M. Alfonso.

Title
Femme fatale : an examination of the role of women in combat and the policy implications for future American military operations / Kristal L. M. Alfonso.
Author
Alfonso, Kristal L. M.
Publication
Maxwell AFB, Ala. : Air University Press, [2009]

Details

Additional Authors
Air University (U.S.). School of Advanced Air and Space Studies.
Description
122 p. : port.; 28 cm.
Summary
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.
Series Statement
Drew paper ; no. 5
Uniform Title
Drew paper ; no. 5.
Alternative Title
Examination of the role of women in combat and the policy implications for future American military operations
Subject
  • United States > Forecasting
  • Women and war > History
  • Women in combat
  • Women soldiers > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-122).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
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.
ISBN
9781585661961