War and Gender : How Gender Shapes the War System and Vice Versa

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Summary: The Feminist Male Maker
Review: Goldstein's approach should grab male readers especially interested in understanding how gender shapes the war system, for he comes at it from an interdisciplinary angle that attempts to thoroughly cover the popular explanations for gender roles in war and then challenge them with the most up to date evidence. His conclusion after all of this is that gender roles are not inevitable or inherent in human nature, but that human culture, responding to subtle differences between the genders, shapes the war system along gendered lines. A must read for all gender scholars and activists.

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Summary: Complete and fair assesment
Review: I read the book some months ago, and I got the impression that it was quite complete, and fairly assessed. On the other hand, it almost dropped from my hands half a dozen times, because, although the subject was very interesting, most of the time the reading was boring. Therefore, my rate is 5 (content) and 2/3 (pleasure of reading).