THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE MILITARY

Military Life: The Psychology of Serving in Peace and Combat: Volume 1 - 4

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 97-118

  Pierce, Penny F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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