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Clipped Wings - The Rise and Fall of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) of World War II (Paperback, New edition) Loot Price: R698
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Clipped Wings - The Rise and Fall of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) of World War II (Paperback, New edition): Molly...

Clipped Wings - The Rise and Fall of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) of World War II (Paperback, New edition)

Molly Merryman

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"Well written and draws on a variety of primary source material. . . . The book adds to the continuing study of women pilots in World War II."
--"H-Net Book Review"

"An excellent study. . . its grounding in feminist history and methodology are timely and welcome."
--"American Historical Review"

"Merryman's work has been hailed as a fresh, astute, analysis of the WASP program. The book is well written and draws on a variety of primary source material including, military documents, interviews with former WASPs, newspapers and articles and Jacqueline Cochran's private papers."
--"Minerva"

"Merryman has assembled a formidable study of these women pilots using recently declassified government documents, as well as interviews with surviving WASP personnel."
--"Feminist Collections"

""Clipped Wings" lets us peer into the political cockpit of militarized gender construction. I've learned a lot from this fine book."
--Cynthia Enloe
author of "Does Khaki Still Become You?"

During World War II, all branches of the military had women's auxiliaries. Only the Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) program, however, was comprised entirely of women who flew dangerous missions more commonly associated with and desired by men.

Within military hierarchies, the World War II pilot was projected as the most dashing and desirable of servicemen. "Flyboys" were the daring elite of the United States military. More than the WACs (Army), WAVES (Navy), SPARS (Coast Guard), or Women Marines, the WASPs directly challenged these assumptions of male supremacy in wartime culture. WASPs flew the fastest fighter planes and heaviest bombers; they test-piloted experimental models andworked in the development of weapons systems. Yet the WASPs were the only women's auxiliary within the armed services of World War II that was not militarized.

In "Clipped Wings," Molly Merryman draws upon military documents (many of which were declassified only in the 1980s), congressional records, and interviews with the women who served as WASPs during World War II, to trace the history of the over 1,000 pilots who served their country as the first women to fly military planes. She examines the social pressures which culminated in their disbandment in 1944--even though a wartime need for their services still existed--and documents their struggles and eventual success, in 1977, to gain military status and receive veterans benefits.

General

Imprint: New York University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: February 2001
First published: February 2001
Authors: Molly Merryman
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages: 264
Edition: New edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-5568-6
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Air forces & warfare
Books > Humanities > History > European history > General
Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
Books > History > American history > General
Books > History > European history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
LSN: 0-8147-5568-2
Barcode: 9780814755686

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