false 6093345 1 <p>The double war of military women before, during, and after Iraq <br><br><p>More women soldiers are fighting in Iraq than in any other American war in history, yet they face a dual challenge: they are participating in combat more than ever before, but because only one in ten soldiers is female, they are often painfully alone. This isolation, along with a military culture hostile to women, denies them the camaraderie soldiers depend on for survival and subjects them to sexual persecution by their comrades. As one soldier said, "I ended up waging my own war against an enemy dressed in the same uniform as mine."<br><br><p>In <i>The Lonely Soldier</i>, Benedict humanizes the complex issues of war, misogyny, class, race, homophobia, post-traumatic stress disorder, and more through the compelling stories of five women of diverse ethnicities and backgrounds who served in Iraq between 2003 and 2006. By following these women from their childhoods through enlistment, training, active duty in Iraq, and home again, Benedict vividly brings to life their struggles and challenges. Between their stories she weaves in accounts from numerous other Iraq War veterans, illuminating the wrenching and private war of female soldiers.<br><br><p>Benedict ends by showing how these women came to face the truth of war and by offering suggestions for how the military can improve-including distributing women more evenly and rejecting male recruits with records of domestic or sexual violence.<br><br> 6270354 1 4 2009 The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq total:22|5:11|4:8|3:2|2:1|1:0| 22 95 58 9 0 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 08:55:31 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 11:55:37 -0700 2009 BITE THE BULLET
Amy Herdy

Review of The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq
By Helen Benedict
Beacon Press

This dramatic statement against war in general and the Iraq war in particular starts with the book’s cover photo, an image that makes...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 20:02:17 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 20:08:35 -0700 2009 Wow. I'm speechless and shocked by what I read. I'm also equipped with more information to give to other women who are considering going into the military. The military has a long, long way to go to achieving and practicing equality in the military and the stories you read in here are shocking...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 04:36:30 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 12:33:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 09:34:31 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 09:40:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 09:21:34 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 09:25:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 15:10:34 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 15:19:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 10:30:09 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 10:38:00 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 19:14:27 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 14:28:54 -0700 2009
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