Women and Militant Wars: The politics of injury

by Swati Parashar

This book explores women's militant activities in insurgent wars and seeks to understand what women 'do' in wars.

In International Relations, inter-state conflict, anti-state armed insurgency and armed militancy are essentially seen as wars where collective violence (against civilians and security forces) is used to achieve political objectives. Extending the notion of war as 'politics of injury' to the armed militancy in Indian administered...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415827965
• ISBN13: 9780415827966
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"