Lynn, of "Bayonets of the Republic" fame has just had this work published. It is a rare look at the role women played in Warfare up until the end of the Napoleonic era. I've included a few short reviews. It is available on Amazon for $80, which means it is meant to be a College text book. "Used", the same book is $40 on Amazon.
Nonsense!
Bill H.
Women, Armies, and Warfare in Early Modern Europe 1650-1815
by John A. Lynn II
Review
'An important study not only for gender specialists but also for military historians. Lynn is most interesting on the role of women in the pillage economy while his work offers a new perspective on the vexed question of the Military Revolution and its dating.' Jeremy Black, University of Essex 'This is a masterful work by a master historian. In an engaging work that combines military and social history, Lynn brings to life the indispensable role of women in early modern European armies and tracks down the reasons for a major shift in their place after 1650. We can never again imagine war as only men's work.' Lynn Hunt, Eugen Weber Professor of Modern European History, University of California, Los Angeles 'Women, Armies, and Warfare in Early Modern Europe fills a hole in a neglected area of study; it offers a range of fresh insights; and it has broad appeal. It will become the book on the subject. And it will undoubtedly set the agenda for future research. For this reason, it is unlikely to remain the definitive work on the subject, since future research may well challenge some of Lynn's conclusions, but it will undoubtedly be the major reference point for other scholars.' Frank Tallett, University of Reading
Review
"An important study not only for gender specialists but also for military historians. Lynn is most interesting on the role of women in the pillage economy while his work offers a new perspective on the vexed question of the Military Revolution and its dating." -Jeremy Black, University of Essex
"This is a masterful work by a master historian. In an engaging work that combines military and social history, Lynn brings to life the indispensable role of women in early modern European armies and tracks down the reasons for a major shift in their place after 1650. We can never again imagine war as only men's work." -Lynn Hunt, Eugen Weber Professor of Modern European History, University of California, Los Angeles
"Women, Armies, and Warfare in Early Modern Europe fills a hole in a neglected area of study; it offers a range of fresh insights; and it has broad appeal. It will become the book on the subject. And it will undoubtedly set the agenda for future research. For this reason, it is unlikely to remain the definitive work on the subject, since future research may well challenge some of Lynn's conclusions, but it will undoubtedly be the major reference point for other scholars." -Frank Tallett, University of Reading
• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (September 8, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521897653
• ISBN-13: 978-0521897655
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches •