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List of Illustrations viii Acknowledgments ix List of Abbreviations xi Introduction  The Development of the Women Airforce Service Pilots: From Guarded Experiment to Valuable Support Role  Becoming Soldiers: Tracing WASP Expansion and Plans for Militarization  From Praise to Rancor: Media Opinion Changes as Men Return from Battle  No Allies for the WASPs: Congress Responds to Male Public Interest Groups  They’ll Be Home for Christmas: The WASP Program Disbands  On a Different Battlefield: The WASP Fight for Militarization after the War  Recognizing the Gendered Warrior: History and Theory Intersect with the Fate of the WASPs  Coda  Notes  Bibliography  Index  About the Author  Contents vii . . . . . . . . . ...

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