Living Legends and Full Agency : Implications of Repealing the Combat Exclusion Policy

This book examine the role of women in the military and the overwhelming evidence to date that warrants repealing the combat exclusion policy of women into the military. It explores 1) How can their success serve as justification for a full repeal? 2) What is the potential impact of the repeal? 3) How will it affect the way that women and men relate to one another? 4) How can it set women on the course to full agency and representation as citizens in American society? The book includes exciting interviews with pioneering former military women giving candid views on their career paths and views about the policy.

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This research and policy book examines the role of women in the military and the overwhelming evidence to date that warranted repealing the combat exclusion policy. It explores the following questions:

1. How can the success of women in the military serve as justification for its repeal?
2. What will be the potential impact of repealing the policy on the recruitment, promotion and retention of women in the military?
3. How will repealing the combat exclusion policy change the ways in which military men relate to military women?
4. How can repealing the policy set women on the course toward full agency and representation as full citizens in American society at large?

Not only will this book help in filling the gaps of the existing literature of public administration and public policy about women in the military but it will provide the personal insights of women who have served under the combat exclusion policy.