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Female Soldiers in Sierra Leone

Sex, Security, and Post-Conflict Development

By: Megan H. MacKenzie

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Female Soldiers in Sierra Leone

Sex, Security, and Post-Conflict Development

By: Megan H. MacKenzie

The eleven-year civil war in Sierra Leone from 1991 to 2002 was incomprehensibly brutal—it is estimated that half of all female refugees were raped and many thousands were killed. While the publicity surrounding sexual violence helped to create a general picture of women and girls as victims of the conflict, there has been little effort to understand female soldiers’ involvement in, and experience of, the conflict. Female Soldiers in Sierra Leone draws on interviews with 75 former female soldiers and over 20 local experts, providing a rare perspective on both the civil war and post-conflict development efforts in the country. Megan MacKenzie argues that post-conflict reconstruction is a highly gendered process, demonstrating that a clear recognition and understanding of the roles and experiences of female soldiers are central to both understanding the conflict and to crafting effective policy for the future.

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NYU Press

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1479852503

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Beyond the Band of Brothers

The US Military and the Myth that Women Can't Fight

By: Megan MacKenzie

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Beyond the Band of Brothers

The US Military and the Myth that Women Can't Fight

By: Megan MacKenzie

Women can't fight. This assumption lies at the heart of the combat exclusion, a policy that was fiercely defended as essential to national security, despite evidence that women have been contributing to hostile operations now and throughout history. This book examines the role of women in the US military and the key arguments used to justify the combat exclusion, in the light of the decision to reverse the policy in 2013. Megan MacKenzie considers the historic role of the combat exclusion in shaping American military identity and debunks claims that the recent policy change signals a new era for women in the military. MacKenzie shows how women's exclusion from combat reaffirms male supremacy in the military and sustains a key military myth, the myth of the band of brothers. This book will be welcomed by scholars and students of military studies, gender studies, social and military history, and foreign policy.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316352064

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9781316352069

Female Soldiers in Sierra Leone

Sex, Security, and Post-Conflict Development

By: Megan H. MacKenzie

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Sex, Security, and Post-Conflict Development

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Female Soldiers in Sierra Leone

Female Soldiers in Sierra Leone

Beyond the Band of Brothers

Beyond the Band of Brothers

Female Soldiers in Sierra Leone

Female Soldiers in Sierra Leone

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