{"id":3404,"date":"2013-09-10T07:25:52","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T05:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.military-history.us\/?p=3404"},"modified":"2013-09-19T08:15:09","modified_gmt":"2013-09-19T06:15:09","slug":"book-review-men-women-war-by-martin-van-creveld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.military-history.us\/2013\/09\/book-review-men-women-war-by-martin-van-creveld\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Men, Women & War by Martin van Creveld"},"content":{"rendered":"

I picked up Men, Women & War: Do Women Belong in the Front Line?<\/a> by Martin van Creveld at the library recently because it looked like a good book about a topic I have found interesting ever since I was a private back in the early 90\u2019s when I first joined the military. \u00a0For this debate van Creveld\u2019s book is about as topical as it gets. \u00a0He examines the historical examples of women in combat and makes a valiant attempt to separate the fact from the fiction. \u00a0The book is separated into three sections and includes extensive source notes and an index. \u00a0It was written in 2001 so does not include any information about women\u2019s participation in what I still call the War on Terror.<\/p>\n

Dr. van Creveld does not take a position on the matter himself in the book he instead lets the facts and examples speak for themselves. \u00a0He does a masterful job of covering a subject that inevitably gets feminists and liberals up in arms whenever it is broached. \u00a0This is an excellent book and one that I highly recommend.<\/p>\n