Women Involved in World War II

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This ten page paper examines various approaches to the study of military history, which reveal that some scholars have chosen to examine military issues and events from national strategy perspectives, while others have focused more upon writing battle histories, military technology texts, or volumes on leadership and military tactics. The writer notes that all of these approaches have value, but studying military history in a social and cultural context is also valuable, for such a perspective offers insights these other approaches cannot offer.

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"In discussing various approaches to the study of military history, it is evident that some scholars have chosen to examine military issues and events from national strategy perspectives, while others have focused more upon writing battle histories, military technology texts, or volumes on leadership and military tactics. All of these approaches have value, but studying military history in a social and cultural context is also valuable, for such a perspective offers insights these other approaches cannot offer. Fortunately, in recent years many scholars have begun to examine military history from a social and cultural perspective, and have written fascinating books about the role of women in the military."

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