CONTENTS

Chronology: A History of Women in the Military

Preface: Finding Women’s Stories of War

PART ONE. BATTLE

1 The First Run

THE WOMEN OF TEAM LIONESS

3 The Beginning of Female Engagement

4 The Surge in Afghanistan

5 Always Wanted to Be a Combat Fighter

6 The Long March

MARIA RODRIGUEZ

8 Police in Name Only

10 Breakthrough

11 The Afghans, the Romanians, and the Americans

12 Businesses More Important than Bombs

13 Very Old Concept, Very New Mission

14 Teaching Others to Flee

15 Jamila’s Chief of Staff

16 When Radio Changes a War

17 An Unexpected Run-In

18 The Small Victories Women Left Behind

PART TWO. THE WARS AT HOME

19 Promote or Perish

20 Lawsuit—Pushing Against the Brass Ceiling

21 Military Messes Up Your Life

22 State of the Union

23 And Then You Win