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Those Wonderful Women in Their Flying Machines: The Unknown
Heroines of World War Two
Those Wonderful Women in Their Flying Machines by Sally V. Keil is a
wonderful attempt at giving credit to true heroes of our nation.
Today women compete in many areas and mostly against other women. In
the air, women obey all the laws of physics that men do. And these
women were very special. |
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Women at War: The Story of Fifty Military Nurses Who Served
in Vietnam
This compilation is a strong, touching insight to the pre, intra,
and post nursing experiences of some of our country's finest
military nurses. I can feel the excitement, the danger, the
hopelessness, and the tragedy of the time. |
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Sabra - The Story of the Men and Women behind the guns of
Israel
Permits the reader the privilege, the sometimes painful privilege,
of looking directly into the soul of the ordinary Israeli. With keen
insight, restraint, power and passionate commitment, Ted Berkman has
dug into the heart of Israel's Six Day War. As objectively written
as it is possible to write, well worth reading and owning. |
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Women in Vietnam
This is indeed an Oral History told by the women who volunteered
their time to go to Viet Nam. Most were not "women" at the
time, but just young girls. Their stories were just recently told,
and they seem to share a common thread in their telling: The desire
to HELP their Country and the young soldiers in America's longest
war. Mr. Steinman's Introduction is masterfully done. |
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Breaking Out: VMI and the Coming of Women
On July 26, 1996, the United States Supreme Court nullified the
single-sex admissions policy of the Virginia Military Institute, the
last all-male military college in America. Capturing the voices of
female and male cadets, administrators, faculty, and alumni, Laura
Brodie tells the story of the Institute's intense planning for the
inclusion of women and the problems and triumphs of the first year
of coeducation. |
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Women in the Barracks: The VMI Case and Equal Rights
In June 2001, there was a decidedly new look to the graduating class
at Virginia Military Institute. For the first time ever, the line of
graduates who received their degrees at the "West Point of the
South" included women who had spent four years at VMI. |
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In the Company of Men: A Woman at the Citadel
In a narrative studded with hard-hitting details, the collaborators
chronicle Mace's life as the first female cadet ever to graduate
from The Citadel, Charleston's almost 160-year-old military college.
After a rather slow-moving account of her childhood years, the
narrative picks up the pace significantly, shifting the focus to
Mace's experiences at the college. |
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Women in the Military: An Unfinished Revolution
Holm brings the reader up-to-date by covering the role of American
military women in all post-Vietnam military operations including the
Persian Gulf War. "Takes a hard look at such controversial
issues as job stereotyping in the military, pregnancy and
parenthood."--Publishers Weekly.
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Women in Combat: The Battle for Equality (Issues in Focus)
For students and educators exploring American military history, and
women's rights in general, this Issues in Focus title is sure to
generate much discussion and thought. Incorporating statistics,
personal stories, and quotes from soldiers and administrators
involved in the First and Second World Wars and the Vietnam and Gulf
Wars, Worth examines the changing role of women in the military,
their struggle for equal opportunities, and why women are still
barred from combat.
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Proud to Be: My Life, The Airforce, The Controversy
Kelly Flinn might have been a
fine pilot, but she's not much of a writer. That said, her book, Proud to
Be, still manages to hold your interest and elicit your sympathy. Flinn,
the first female bomber pilot in the United States Air Force, achieved a
different sort of notoriety when she was forced to leave the service in the
wake of an affair with a married enlisted man. |