Table of Contents

IllustrationsPreface

1. Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice?2. Arabia” Land Of The Battle Queens3. Asia: The Sword Is My Child4. India: Kali’s Daughters5. British Isles: Queen By The Wrath Of God6. Africa: Mother Of Nations7. Latin America: Las Guerreras8. Egypt: The Commander Of Storms9. Middle East: More Blood Than You Can Drink10. Eastern Europe: Battalions Of Death11. Western Europe: For Duty, All12. North America: New World Warriors13. The Female Martial Heritage

NotesIndex

Reviews

"A full yet readable historical survey of women at war that convincingly shows females have long been soldiers and military leaders."

"Fascinating."

"Meticulously research and exceptionally well-written, "Women Warriors" is both highly informative and unusually entertaining. The book certainly succeeds in demonstrating that the use of women in combat has not been as unusual as popularly believed, nor it is an aberration. . . ."

"Should appeal to general readers as well as scholars and challenge ethnocentric and gender stereotypes. . . ."