The Great Illusion
Women in the Military
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11921875 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martin Van Creveld (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 429-442 |
| Publication date | 2000-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Millennium Journal of International Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-8298 • E-ISSN: 1477-9021 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/03058298000290021101 |
| OpenAlex | W2128446327 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
In the hands of feminists, the thirty-year long influx of women into the militaries of advanced countries is usually presented as a ‘gain’ or ‘victory’ for the members of the female sex, one part of womankind’s unstoppable march from the dark recesses of subjection to the glories of freedom. In this paper I do not intend to address the question as to whether women’s joining in what Lord Byron called ‘the brain splattering, windpipe-slashing, art’ does in fact constitute ‘progress’, rather, I shall argue that the process is part symptom, part cause, of the decline of the ‘advanced’ military. With this objective in mind, the paper is constructed as follows. Part I demonstrates that the ‘advanced’ militaries are, in fact, in decline and have been so for the last fifty years. Part II shows how, in one country after another since 1970 or so, this decline correlates rather precisely with the influx of women. Part III argues that, whereas the regular armed forces of most developed states are ceasing to be warfighting machines, in those places where there are still wars women take little or no part in the fighting. Finally, Part IV presents my conclusions
Aeronautics · Cognitive psychology · Illusion · Political science · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · Engineering · Gender, Security, and Conflict · History · Psychology
Das Geschlechterarrangement der klassischen Sicherheitspolitik
Women in uniform
Depicting atrocity
Masculinity and War
Sticky security
From One Gulf to Another
Drinking Vodka from the ‘Butt-Crack’
Bite Me
Military gender integration and foreign policy in the United States
Border guarding and the politics of the body
Violência(s) e guerra(s)
Highways, heroes, and secular martyrs
Militarised violences, basic training, and the myths of asexuality and discipline
Fighting Stereotypes
Female Combatants and the Perpetration of Violence
Gender, International Relations, and the Development of Feminist Security Theory
Periods, Pregnancy, and Peeing
Making Sense of Masculinity and War
Gender and the privatization of security
Man(ne)'s world
| Citations per year | 0.83 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2002 - 2023 (22) |
| Highly cited | No |