The second adventure of Lieutenant Maggie Steele (Sequel to Baptism of Fire)

Aboard HMS Lafayette, the youngest sailors are entering puberty; the captain and senior gunner are menopausal; the wardroom is filled with hormonally energized junior lieutenants; and the mission is a long, boring voyage home.

It is hard to remember that there’s a war for species survival raging in space as first officer Maggi Steele and the men and women who serve with her weather storms of emotional sea changes.

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In this groundbreaking work, which covers thousands of years and spans the globe, Dr De Pauw depicts women as victims and as warriors; as nurses, spies, sex workers, and wives and mothers of soldiers; as warrior queens leading armies into battle; and as baggage carriers marching in the rear.

Beginning with the earliest archaeological evidence of warfare and ending with the dozens of wars in progress today, Battle Cries and Lullabies demonstrates that warfare has always and everywhere involved women. Following an introductory chapter on the questions raised about women’s participation in warfare, the book presents a documented, chronological survey linked to familiar models of military history.

Dr De Pauw provides historical context for current public policy debates over the role of women in the military. “Whether one applauds or deplores their presence and their actions, women have always been part of war. To ignore this fact grossly distorts our understanding of human history.”

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When Maggie Steele graduates from the Naval Academy gender prejudice has long since vanished from memory. Earth is at war in space, and is relying on its Navy to make the universe safe for hominids. But has the innovative simulation training, known as SOCRATES, prepared the new officer for the rigors of service in space where the tachyonic inertial effect limits use of electronic technology? Telepathic aliens, pirates, epidemics, and chronic conflict among members of the impressed crew complicate the challenge of command in space as a young woman confronts her Baptism of Fire.

https://works.swarthmore.edu/alum-books/3324/

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