Women in Combat: Are the Risks to Combat Effectiveness Too Great?
Abstract
This monograph examines whether introducing women into combat units would negatively affect unit cohesion and subsequently combat effectiveness. It describes the physical, cybernetic, and moral domains of war and shows the relevance of the moral domain with cohesion as a subelement and its effect on combat effectiveness. The monograph describes a model for building cohesion and then cites conclusions from studies on cohesion and combat effectiveness. The cohesion model and the studies indicate that cohesion is too complex a phenomenon to be able to isolate one factor, i.e. gender of unit members, as the cause of any change unit cohesion. Women in combat, Moral domain, Cohesion, Combat effectiveness.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA258247
Entities
People
- Vickie J. Saimons
Organizations
- United States Army Command and General Staff College