Secondary Literature on the Post-Cold War Period

This collection includes secondary literature on the themes covered by the Oxford Handbook on Gender, War and the Western World since 1600. We have also added select secondary literature on regions and themes the handbook does not cover. The majority of the texts are in English with some texts in French, German or Russian.

The most important wars for this period include:

  • Wars in former Yugoslavia (1991–99)
  • U.S. Wars in the Middle East (1990–)
  • Wars of Globalization
  • UN Peacekeeping / New Humanitarianism

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De Matos, Christine, and Robin Gerster. Occupying the "Other": Australia and Military Occupations from Japan to Iraq. Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009.
Deiana, Maria-Adriana. Gender and Citizenship: Promises of Peace in Post-Dayton Bosnia-Herzegovina In Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Deiana, Maria-Adriana. "Women’s Personal Narratives and the Multi-layered Legacies of War." In Gender and Citizenship: Promises of Peace in Post-Dayton Bosnia-Herzegovina, edited by Maria-Adriana Deiana, 105-136. London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Delphy, Christine. Separate and Dominate: Feminism and Racism After the War on Terror. New York: Verso, 2015.
Desnoyers-Colas, Elizabeth F. Marching As To War: Personal Narratives of African American Women's Experiences in the Gulf Wars. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2014.
Detraz, Nicole. International Security and Gender. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 2012.
DiGeorgio-Lutz, JoAnn, and Donna Gosbee. Women and Genocide: Gendered Experiences of Violence, Survival, and Resistance. Toronto: Women's Press, 2017.
Dombrowski, Nicole Ann. Women and War in the Twentieth Century: Enlisted With or Without Consent. New York: Garland, 1999.
Donini, Antonio. The Golden Fleece: Manipulation and Independence in Humanitarian Action. Sterling, VA: Kumarian Press, 2012.
Dower, John W. Culturas de Guerra: Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, 11 de Septiembre, Iraq. Barcelona, Spain: Pasado & Presente, 2010.
Druliolle, Vincent, and Roddy Brett. The Politics of Victimhood in Post-Conflict Societies: Comparative and Analytical Perspectives In St Antony's series. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Duncanson, Claire. Forces for Good? Military Masculinities and Peacebuilding in Afghanistan and Iraq. Houndmills, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Dunn, Seamus, and T.G. Fraser. Europe and Ethnicity: The First World War and Contemporary Ethnic Conflict. London: Routledge, 1996.
Dyvik, Synne L. Gendering Counterinsurgency: Performativity, Embodiment and Experience in the Afghan ‘Theatre of War’. London; New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
Eager, Paige Whaley. Waging Gendered Wars: U.S. Military Women in Afghanistan and Iraq. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2014.
Ebbert, Jean, and Marie-Beth Hall. Crossed Currents: Navy Women from World War I to Tailhook. Washington, DC: Brassey's Inc., 1993.
Eichler, Maya. Gender and Private Security in Global Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.
Eifler, Christine. "Militär und Geschlechterverhältnis zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts." In Medien - Krieg - Geschlecht: Affirmationen und Irritationen sozialer Ordnungen, edited by Martina Thiele, Tanja Thomas and Fabian Virchow, 45-58. Wiesbaden: Springer; VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2010.
Eisenman, Stephen. The Abu Ghraib Effect. London: Reaktion, 2007.
Eisenstein, Zillah. Señuelos Sexuales: Género, Raza y Guerra en la Democracia Imperial. Barcelona, Spain: Bellaterra, 2008.
Eisenstein, Zillah R. Sexual Decoys: Gender, Race and War in Imperial Democracy. London: Zed Books, 2007.
Enloe, Cynthia. Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics. 2nd ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2014.
Enloe, Cynthia H. Globalization and Militarism: Feminists Make the Link. 2nd ed. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.
Enloe, Cynthia. Maneuvers: The International Politics of Militarizing Women's Lives. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000.
Enloe, Cynthia H. Nimo's War, Emma's War: Making Feminist Sense of the Iraq War. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010.
Enloe, Cynthia H. The Morning After: Sexual Politics at the End of the Cold War. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1993.
Ennaji, Moha, and Fatima Sadiqi. Gender and Violence in the Middle East. New York: Routledge, 2011.
Ensign, Tod. America's Military Today: The Challenge of Militarism. New York: New Press, 2004.
Estes, Steve. Ask and Tell: Gay and Lesbian Veterans Speak Out. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2007.
Evangelista, Matthew. Gender, Nationalism and War: Conflict on the Movie Screen. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Fast, Susan, and Kip Pegley. Music, Politics, and Violence. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2012.
Finnemore, Martha. "Constructing Norms of Humanitarian Intervention." In The Culture of National Security: Norms and Identity in World Politics, edited by Peter J. Katzenstein, 153-185. New York: Columbia University Press, 1996.
Firme, Annemarie, and Ramona Hocker. Von Schlachthymnen und Protestsongs: Zur Kulturgeschichte des Verhältnisses von Musik und Krieg. Bielefeld: Transcript, 2006.
Fontan, Victoria. Voices from Post-Saddam Iraq: Living with Terrorism, Insurgency, and New Forms of Tyranny. Westport, CT: Praeger Security International, 2009.
Forsythe, David P. The Humanitarians: The International Committee of the Red Cross. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Frank, Nathaniel. Gays in Foreign Militaries 2010: A Global Primer. Santa Barbara, CA: Palm Center, University of California, 2010.
Frank, Nathaniel. Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America. New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2009.
Freedman, Jane. Engaging Men in the Fight against Gender Violence: Case Studies from Africa. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2012.
Freedman, Lawrence. The Cold War: A Military History (Freedman 2001). London: Cassell, 2001.
Freedman, Lawrence. War. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1994.

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