Women and Wars

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Where are the women? In traditional historical and scholarlyaccounts of the making and fighting of wars, women are oftennowhere to be seen. With few exceptions, war stories are told as ifmen were the only ones who plan, fight, are injured by, andnegotiate ends to wars. As the pages of this book tell, though,those accounts are far from complete. Women can be found at everyturn in the (gendered) phenomena of war. Women have participated inthe making, fighting, and concluding of wars throughout history,and their participation is only increasing at the turn of the 21stcentury. Women experience war in multiple ways: as soldiers, asfighters, as civilians, as caregivers, as sex workers, as sexualslaves, refugees and internally displaced persons, as anti-waractivists, as community peace-builders, and more. This book at onceprovides a glimpse into where women are in war, and gives readersthe tools to understood women's (told and untold) warexperiences in the greater context of the gendered nature of globalsocial and political life.

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Book of the month on Intercross "Women and Wars fills the vacuum left by the 'women as victims' approach that characterized the early 2000's, with a diverse array of options for understanding the roles and perspectives that women have during conflict, including: soldiers, civilians, caregivers, sex workers, refugees and internally displaced persons, anti-war activists, and community peace-builders" PRISM "If I were to deliver a course or module focused on the topic of'women and wars', this is without a doubt the textbook I wouldchoose." Gender and Development "To my mind, the very best academic work makes its reader sit upand take notice, either because the ideas are unfamiliar or becausefamiliar ideas have been articulated in a new and engaging way. Theindividual chapters in this volume do both." Gender and Development "A valuable collection for everyone interested in learning some ofthe ways feminist (IR) analysis is currently formulating, studying,and presenting its war questions." LSE Review of Books "A comprehensive and highly readable collection, which isthematically and conceptually coherent." Resilience "Too often, women remain invisible in times of war. Withcontributions from scholars, activists, and policymakers, Womenand Wars uncovers stories about women?s multiple roles aswarriors, war victims, and peacebuilders. An important text foranyone concerned with the tragic consequences of today?swars. And a reminder that wars are always gendered." J. Ann Tickner, School of International Relations, University ofSouthern California "With its diverse, thoughtful, and theoretically rich perspectiveson gender, conflict and violence this book stands out from thecrowd as an exceptional and interdisciplinary contribution to thefield. This will be a valuable resource for scholars andpractitioners and should be treated as a 'go to' resource giving anexciting perspective on the state of the field in gender andwar." Megan Mackenzie, University of Sydney "The book provides a comprehensive picture of the currentscholarship on women and war as well as detailed and disturbingaccounts of the lives of women during and after many recent wars.It would be an ideal text for a variety of courses on internationaland human security." Craig Murphy, Wellesley College "The chapters are rich both in their content and theirdiversity. Women and Wars stands out as an important volumein an increasingly busy field of scholarship. I will return to thetext many times for future teaching and will undoubtedly beassigning chapters to my students." Dr Catherine O?Rourke, University of Ulster
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