Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures and Tables vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Abbreviations xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. Why Rebels Mobilize Women for War 27
8. 2. The Strategic Implications of Female Fighters 61
9. 3. Female Combatants in Three Civil Wars 97
10. 4. Empirical Evaluation of Female Combatant Prevalence 133
11. 5. Empirical Evaluation of the Effects of Female Combatants 165
12. Conclusion: Understanding Women’s Participation in Armed Resistance 197
13. Appendix A: Version History 211
14. Appendix B: Examples of Coding Narratives from WARD 217
15. Appendix C: Survey Wording and Instrument 223
16. Notes 231
17. References 247
18. Index 273