Women in the Military (Point/Counterpoint)

Sherrow, Victoria

ISBN 10: 0791092909 ISBN 13: 9780791092903

Publisher: Chelsea House Pub, 2007

Synopsis

In a time of war, when the need for military personnel is greatest, do restrictions on women soldiers still make sense? Proponents of the existing policies say that, although times may be changing, war is not the time to engage in social experiments that they say could impact unit cohesion and morale. But opponents question how we justify our fight to maintain a free and open society while denying some the right to fully serve to defend those freedoms. Do such restrictions have legitimate aims or are they based on outdated stereotypes? Women in the Military explores these and other related questions in this timely and thought-provoking debate.

About this title

About the Author:

VICTORIA SHERROW is the author of For Appearance's Sake: The Historical Encyclopedia of Good Looks, Beauty, and Grooming (2001), Encyclopedia of Youth and War: Young People as Participants and Victims (1999), and Women and the Military: An Encyclopedia (1996), a 1996 RUSA Outstanding Reference Source award winner.

From Booklist:

From the Point/Counterpoint series, this volume offers contrasting points of view on three issues: whether women should participate in combat, whether military training and service units should be segregated by gender, and whether the current policies regarding motherhood and the military should continue. Sherrow does an impressive job of presenting fair-minded arguments on both sides of each major issue. Appendixes include extensive source notes, lists of books and articles, and annotated lists of Web sites, legislation, and legal cases. The well-organized and clearly written text brings up special cases as they relate to the questions at hand, but provides the broader picture as well. Phelan, Carolyn

About this edition

• Publisher: Chelsea House Pub
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0791092909
• ISBN 13: 9780791092903
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 139