Senate hearing on the announcement by the Sec. of Defense in July 1998 that he was directing the armed services to clarify the Manual for Courts Martial provisions relating to adultery, proposing that punishment for adultery be reserved for cases in which adultery is directly prejudicial to good order & discipline.Ó Witnesses: Elaine Donnelly, Pres., Center for Mil. Readiness, & Former Member of the Defense Advisory Comm. on Women in the Services & the Pres. Comm. on Women in the Armed Forces; Daniel Heimbach, Former Deputy Assist. Sec. of the Navy for Manpower; & Robert Maginnis, Dir., Military Readiness Project, Family Research Council.

Numerous states have passed gender integration legislation permanently admitting women into their military forces. As a result, states have dramatically increased women’s numbers, and improved gender equality by removing a number of restrictions. Yet despite changes and initiatives on both domestic and international levels to integrate gender perspectives into the military, not all states have improved to the same extent. Some have successfully promoted gender integration in the ranks by erasing all forms of discrimination, but others continue to impede it by setting limitations on equal access to careers, combat, and ranks. Why do states abandon their policies of exclusion and promote gender integration in a way that women’s military participation becomes an integral part of military force? By examining twenty-four NATO member states, this book argues that civilian policymakers and military leadership no longer surrender to parochial gendered division of the roles, but rather support integration to meet the recruitment numbers due to military modernization, professionalization and technological advancements. Moreover, it proposes that increased pressure by the United Nations to integrate gender into security and NATO seeking standardization and consistency on the international level, and women’s movements on the domestic level, are contributing to greater gender integration in the military. Winner of the 2015 ERGOMAS "Best Book in Civil-Military Relations" Award.

In a time of war, when the need for military personnel is greatest? Do restrictions on women soldiers still make sense? This title explores these and other related questions.