Women and the Politics of Military Confrontation

"Highly analytical yet personal and painful, the book can serve as an excellent textbook for the comparative study of gender, feminism and nationalism or for the comparative feminist analysis of apartheid systems. It is now in its second edition. This means that it circulates in circuits of knowledge, and certainly deserves the bravas it has already received." · Holy Land Studies

"... a fascinating collection of political commentaries which constitute a clear, and deep, anti-nationalist voice ... The book offers those readers prepared to listen an opportunity of hearing how Zionism can be empowering, particularly for those who experienced the Shoah, not eschewing a sharp critique of Israeli state and society. On the other hand, the book allows us to hear the national suffering voice, infused by collective rage, of Palestinian women, who are well known as courageous fighters against their own societal patriarchal violence." · Israeli Society: Journal for the Studies of Israeli Society

"... this is a touching demonstration of the advantages of feminist methods and their ability to support, empathize and understand. It is a stimulating book not only for geographers who are interested in nationalism, gender, and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, but foremost for those who are eager to explore the meaning of places either real or imaginary, and how such places relate to each other." · Geography Research Forum

"This is a compelling collection of herstories, at once both a series of essays centred on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and at the same time a set of fragments written at the margins of identity ... It is the sheer humanness, more properly, humanity of the collection that makes it at once accessible and profound ... Buy it, read it and reflect." · Irish Journal of Sociology

"... makes for a provocative read and will be of particular interest to scholars and students interested in gender, nationalism, and the Palestinian and Israeli conflict." · Nationalism and Ethnic Politics

"... it is this incantation of ritual's power and significance that I find refreshingly anachronistic about the volume as a whole ... It would seem that these historians have something to teach us about not only the birth of nations and nationalisms back then, but the ongoing process of nation-building now." · American Anthropologist

"This reviewer finds this extraordinary book timely. By gathering together the autobiographical narratives of both Palestinians an Israelis, the editors allow these women to speak in their own voices, which are often unheard in the hubbub of people writing about them. This forum gives a reality and immediacy sometimes lacking in other studies. Some of the stories are harrowing and heart rending." · H-New Reviews, H-Minerva

"Abdo and Lentin have accomplished what would have been remarkable at any time, and is even ore so in the present political climate." · The Women's Review of Books

"These intense personal essays, interwoven with sharp political analysis, attempt to confront obstacles of ideology, positionality, and diasporic locations that hinder feminist alliances." · Women's Studies International Forum

"... this book [is] extremely interesting and illuminating as well as provocative ... It is worth the emotional effort and will be of great intellectual value to all readers." · Outlook

"... it offers two often neglected, yet profoundly compelling, lenses through which to view the Israel-Palestine conflict." · Middle East Journal

"The editors are engaged in a passionate and animated debate on their respective understandings an experiences ... We have witnessed many courageous challenges to Israeli Zionism in recent months, this antholog