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Articles

A Negotiated Gender Order: British Army Control of Servicewomen in ‘Front Line’ Counterinsurgency, 1948–2014

Pages 163-185 | Received 26 Aug 2022, Accepted 03 Mar 2023, Published online: 19 Mar 2023

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