This collection examines closely the construction of male and female identity around the theme of collective violence. Why did such violence get "moralized" for men in the case of warfare-but not for women? Women, Militarism and War presents alternatives to both "business as usual" thinking and excessively utopian or naive feminist accounts.

Bananas, bases, and patriarchy / Cynthia Enloe -- Why the pursuit of peace is no part of feminism / Janet Radcliffe Richards -- The rationality of care / Sara Ruddick -- The problem with peace / Jean Bethke Elshtain.