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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. "Hamilton College Library" barcode sticker on front cover and pastedown "Presented to Hamilton College Library" sticker on inside of front cover (no other library markings). A VERY GOOD, clean, tight copy. 16 black-and-white photographic illustrations with accompanying descriptive captions. "Gender Camouflage" explores women's many and varied relationships with the military institution, not only as military insiders such as soldiers and military wives, but as outsiders such as defense industry workers and USO volunteers. Contributors consider women's diverse relationships with the military, whether they work as mothers or wives supporting their families and the military institution, as workers in factories during wartime, as civilian employees in Department of Defense, or as sex workers around military bases. They also examine women who actually serve in the military as well as those who work against it in the peace movement." 279 pages. "Throughout the volume, analytical chapters are paired with short first-person narratives by women who have actually been there, including a member of the first gender-integrated class at West Point, the first female civilian instructors at the U.S. Naval Academy, and an African American Air Force Nurse Corps veteran. "Gender Camoflauge" will greatly expand our understanding of women's many and complex relationships with the U.S. military." NOTE: Due to size/weight of book additonal shipping cost will be required for EXPEDITED and OUT-OF-U.S. shipment. GH4.