Rising Through the Ranks: : Women in War

ISBN-13: 9783639201482 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 72 str.

Rosemary Meszaros

Opis

The book examines the evolving role of American women in the military, contrasting the Vietnam War experiences with those of the Persian Gulf War, and including the Panama, Libya, and Grenada military actions. Beginning with the historical tradition of women in the United States military, the book focuses on changes in American society brought about by the Women's Rights Movement and America's involvement in Vietnam and how both affected women in the military. A discussion of the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War will concentrate on the Presidential Commission on the Assignment of Women in the Armed Forces and concludes with an analysis of the Commission's findings and the subsequent effects on American women in the military. The results of these wartime experiences and the findings of the Presidential Commission can be seen in today's American military women.

O autorze

Rosemary L. Meszaros, Associate Professor at Western Kentucky University Libraries,is a graduate of Louisiana State University with an M.L.S. and holds an M.A. degree in History from California State University, Dominguez Hills. She contributes to Magazines for Libraries and is on the editorial staff of Journal of Academic Librarianship