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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Wood, Reed (Reed M.), author.
Title: Female fighters : why rebel groups recruit women for war / Reed M. Wood.
Description: New York : Columbia University Press, [2019] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018060442| ISBN 9780231192989 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780231192996 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Women and war. | Women revolutionaries. | Insurgency. | Women—Political activity.
Classification: LCC U21.75 .W67 2019 | DDC 355.2/3082—dc23
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