{"product_id":"9781101217849","title":"Co-ed Combat: The New Evidence That Women Shouldn't Fight the Nation's Wars","description":"\u003cb\u003eA scholar makes a definitive, controversial argument against women in combat \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore than 155,000 female troops have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan since 2002. And more than seventy of those women have died. While that’s a small fraction of all American casualties, those deaths exceed the number of military women who died in Korea, Vietnam, and the Gulf War combined. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClearly, women in combat isn’t a theoretical issue anymore. Women now fly combat aircraft and serve on warships. Even the remaining all-male corners of the military are blurring the lines in Iraq. And for many advocates, this trend is considered progress—toward a better, “gender neutral” military. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCo-ed Combat makes the opposite case, based on research in anthropology, biology, history, psychology, sociology, and law, as well as military memoirs. It asks hard questions that challenge the assumptions of feminists.For instance:\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHas warfare really changed so much as to reverse the almost unanimous history of all-male armed forces?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAre men and women really equivalent in combat skills, even leaving aside physical strength?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo female troops respond to traditional types of motivations?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCan the bonds of unit cohesion form in a co-ed military unit?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCan an all-volunteer military afford to reject women? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a controversial book, likely to draw a passionate response from both conservatives and liberals.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47116404130032,"sku":"9781101217849","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101217849_p0.jpg?v=1763686662","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101217849","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}