Female fighters : why rebel groups recruit women for war / Reed M. Wood.
Female fighters : why rebel groups recruit women for war / Reed M. Wood.
Female fighters : why rebel groups recruit women for war / Reed M. Wood.
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New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
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G 2019/4351
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English
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xv, 281 pages ; 24 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Why rebels mobilize women for war -- The strategic implications of female fighters -- Female combatants in three civil wars -- Empirical evaluation of female combatant prevalence -- Empirical evaluation of the effects of female combatants -- Conclusion : understanding women's participation in armed...
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New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
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New York (State)
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[2019]
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"The presence of women combatants on the battlefield--especially in large numbers--strikes many observers as a notable departure from the historical norm. Yet women have played significant active roles in many contemporary armed rebellions. Over recent decades, numerous resistance movements in many regions of the globe have deployed thousands of fe...
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Female fighters : why rebel groups recruit women for war / Reed M. Wood.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2019/4351
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74VKV5wjPkpZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV5wjPkpZ
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9780231192989 hardcover alkaline paper
0231192983 hardcover alkaline paper
9780231192996 paperback alkaline paper
0231192991 paperback alkaline paper
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355.23082
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991024266013702626
