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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 355
EAN num: 9781574887266
ISBN number: 1574887262
Label: Potomac Books Ltd.
Manufacturer: Potomac Books Ltd.
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 296
Printing Date: July 07, 2005
Publishing house: Potomac Books Ltd.
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Women Warriors takes the reader back through history and around the world to uncover a clear pattern of women as warriors. It is a fascinating comment on the nature of gender, on the power of the warrior image, and on the image’s source in history.
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Never mind the accomplishments of American women in the Gulf War, of Nicaraguan women in the Sandinista revolt, of Vietnamese women in countless wars: fighting, many continue to believe, is the province of men. Setting aside the question of whether war is desirable no matter who fights it, anthropologist David Jones takes a look at women warriors throughout world history. He turns up well-known examples like Joan of Arc and Molly Pitcher; better, he looks at the contributions of lesser- known fighters from ancient Scandinavia and Africa on down to the present. Throughout Jones has a keen eye for (sometimes gruesome) detail, and he leaves you feeling glad you don't have to scrap with any of his many fearsome heroines.
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Great book to read if you're ever feeling down, and think you can't do it, you're not strong enough, whatever.. You read some of these 'real' women's stories, and it makes you rethink what is truly possible, when faced with overwhelming odds.
I've attempted to read several of the other 'Women Warrior' books, and found the author's writing styles...in a word, or two, boring and dull.
This book I thoroughly enjoyed, even though I am not a history buff.
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The secret to this book is its copious bibliography; more than enough information for one to go ahead and look up further information on anything mentioned that caught one's interest. And while it falls under the umbrella of a brief and wide ranging survey of the subject, many stories are just interesting enough to warrant further investigation.
All in all a good read.
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Anthropologist Jones might have benefited from a bit more ambition in planning the scope of this project. From page one, he's on a mission to convince and makes an unqualified sucess of it. Throughout recorded history, women have successfully fought and defeated their male counterparts in battle.
The historical and anecdotal evidence is overwhelming. We're talking hand to hand combat - women win. We're talking riding at the forefront of the calvary charge - women win. We're talking all-female armies - victorious. You name it, women can and have repeatedly gone to war and succeeded as well or better than men.
Even today, the tradition continues - although less commonly in westernized societies. In the west, we experience a different kind of war - the household war. Yes, the battle of the sexes continues without abatement. Women are natural guerilla fighters, and when the outlet of real combat is closed off, the silent war must take its place.
Reviewer bias aside, however, with the case made so early, why the hundred extra pages of detail? For anyone not vitally interested in amassing a thousand cases to cite as evidence in support of a point of view on the subject of women as pure warriors, this work overwhelms with minutia. Writing is about making choices but here, the author doesn't seem to know how. Long after irrefutable evidence is amply presented, the droning continues. Names, names, names, and too-thin sketches of events. At this point, an unspoken question screams to be answered: fine, so that's the way it is, but what happened? What changed society? How did women fade from glorious contributors worthy of male respect to become dainty objects who knew only how to say, "no" and, "I can't"?
Here is the failure in scope mentioned earlier. To the extent that the author does not apply himself to suggesting answers to the questions he raises, and that these, to this reader at least, are critical to the fulfillment of our new understanding, Women Warriors succeeds, but falls short of being memorable.
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I am very impressed with this book, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in the female matrial heritage. It is fascinating and very well written. If you are looking for good information and a well thought out piece, this book is perfect.
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Professor Jones tries to write a history of women warriors but fails for a number of reasons. First,the book lacks coherence. He includes women who were warriors, war time leaders and any other women who could at all be tied into a martial tradition. He even brings in Cleopatra, neither a warrior nor a general nor the leader of a nation at war. However, he makes no effort to create any kind of theory to explain women warriors or even identify any common patterns of behavior. Consequently the book is simply a collection of anecdotes organized only by region. Second, the book contains a number of factual errors. For example, he mentions "General Julius Caesar" invading Britain during the reign of Claudius and later refers to Saxons conquering Roman Britain in the very first century AD. In fact, Julius Caesar led an expedition against Britain about a century before Emperor Claudius, it was during Claudius's reign that Britain became part of the Empire and the Saxons didn't invade until the fifth century. Likewise, he describes Lucy Brewer as the very first female Marine and fails to mention her account was most likely fiction. These are just errors I caught in passing. Third, he leaps mightily in his conclusions. He claims integrating women in the military should be no problem, despite the fact all of the warriors he describes are either unique individuals or (much less often) members of female only units. He also claims martial arts training negates the male advantages of size and strength. This ignores strength needed to bear arms, armour and gear in battle and on long marches. In addition, ancient armies didn't have the time to train common soldiers to the level of martial arts experts. Even the intensively trained Roman legions preferred big and strong recruits. As a final note, I am amazed Charles Moskos gave this book a blurb. Antonia Fraser's "Warrior Queens" and Eileen MacDonald's "Shoot the Women First" are much better treatments of related subjects. Give this one a pass.
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