Women at war face sexual violence: The Lonely Soldier

In her new book, The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq, Helen Benedict examines the experience of female soldiers serving in the US military in Iraq and elsewhere.

“Here, in an article adapted from her book, she outlines the threat of sexual violence that women face from their fellow soldiers while on the frontline, and provides testimony from three of the women she interviewed for her book.”
(BBC; 17 April 2009)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8005198.stm

Helen Benedict
Helen Benedict is the author of five novels and five books of nonfiction. Her new nonfiction book, THE LONELY SOLDIER: THE PRIVATE WAR OF WOMEN SERVING IN IRAQ, is newly out from Beacon Press in April 2009.
http://www.helenbenedict.com/