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A fascinating study of women who serve the military as wives or as soldiers, sailors, and flyers, with emphasis on current issues, written by a wide range of scholars and military professionals.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Cynthia Enloe Introduction Wives Blue Navy Blue: Submarine Officers and the Two-Person Career by Laurie Weinstein and Helen Mederer The Social Networks of Naval Officers' Wives: Their Composition and Function by Barbara Marriott Gender, the Military, and Military Family Support by Deborah Harrison and Lucie LaLiberte Warriors The "Military Academy": Metaphors of Family for Pedagogy and Public Life by Abigail E. Adams Women in Combat: The U.S. Military and the Impact of the Persian Gulf War by Georgia Clark Sadler Behind the Front Lines: Feminist Battles Over Women in Combat by Lucinda Joy Peach Warriors Under Fire Sexual Harassment in the Army by Lynn Meola Conduct Unbecoming: Second Annual Report on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pursue" by C. Dixon Osburn and Michele M. Benecke Understanding Women's Exit from the Canadian Forces: Implications for Integration? by Karen D. Davis Policing the U.S. Military's Race and Gender Lines by Francine D'Amico Appendix: Tailhook: Deinstitutionalizing the Military's "Woman Problem" by Francine D'Amico Selected Bibliography Index

About the Author

LAURIE WEINSTEIN is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Western Connecticut State University. She is codirector of Western's Women's Studies Program. As a former Navy wife, Dr. Weinstein has published numerous articles on military wives, but she is best known for her works on Native Americans, including The Wampanoag (1989) and Enduring Traditions: The Native Peoples of New England (Bergin & Garvey, 1994). CHRISTIE WHITE is pursuing a Ph.D. at Northeastern University. Her interests include gender and minority studies, labor issues, and deviance and social control.