Love My Rifle More Than You
by Kayla Williams

Kayla Williams' book addresses the topic of women in the military during the Iraq War.

Steely Library has many related resources:

Love My Rifle More Than You Resources for Instructors

Women in the Military
Band of sisters: American women at war in Iraq by Kirsten Holmstedt; foreword by L. Tammy Duckworth.
(Steely Circulating, DS79.76 .H652 2007)
Camouflage isn’t only for combat: gender, sexuality and women in the military / Melissa S. Herbert.
(UB418.W65 H47 1998, .Steely Circulating Collection)
Co-ed combat: the new evidence that women shouldn’t fight the nation’s wars
(Steely Circulating, UB416 .B76 2007)
For love of country: confronting rape and sexual harassment in the U.S. military / T.S. Nelson.
(UB418.W65 N45 2002, .Steely Circulating Collection)
From suffrage to the Senate: America’s political women: an encyclopedia of leaders, causes & issues Suzanne O’Dea; forewords by Ann W. Richards and Susan M. Collins.
(Steely Reference (3rd Floor), HQ1236.5.U6 S32 2006x)
Women and the military: an encyclopedia
(Steely Reference (3rd Floor),U21.75 .S54 1996)
A subject encyclopedia regarding women in the military.
Women and the military: over 100 notable contributors, historic to contemporary
(Steely Reference (3rd Floor) UB416 .D48 1995)
Women in the military / Rita James Simon, editor.
(UB418.W65 W6723 2001 .Steely Circulating Collection)
Women as weapons of war: Iraq, sex, and the media by Kelly Oliver.
(Steely Circulating, U21.75 .O43 2007)
Iraq in the Media
American hostage: a memoir of a journalist kidnapped in Iraq and the remarkable battle to win his release / Micah Garen and Marie-Helene Carleton.
(DS79.76 .G37 2005, Steely Circulating Collection)
Constructing America’s war culture: Iraq, media, and images at home by Thomas Conroy and Jarice Hanson.
(Steely Circulating, DS79.76 .C6625 2008)
Embedded: the media at war in Iraq / Bill Katovsky, Timothy Carlson.
(DS79.76 .K38 2003, .Steely Circulating Collection)
Embedded--weapons of mass deception: how the media failed to cover the war on Iraq / Danny Schechter.
(DS79.76 .S34 2003, Steely Circulating Collection)
Eyewitness in Iraq produced by Lou Reda Productions for History Television Network Productions; programming coordinator Ayanna Cole; executive producer Dolores Gavin.
This program contains first hand accounts and graphic images from photographers who witnessed events unfolding during the Iraq War. Viewer discretion is advised. (VHS)
(Steely Media Video (2nd Floor), DS79.76 .E8 2004x)
Now they tell us: the American press and Iraq / Michael Massing; introduction by Orville Schell.
DS79.76 .M37 2004,.Steely Circulating Collection
Reporting Iraq: an oral history of the war by the journalists who covered it / edited by Mike Hoyt, John Palattella, and the staff of the Columbia journalism review.
(DS79.76 .R47 2007x, .Steely Circulating Collection)
Tell me lies: propaganda and media distortion in the attack on Iraq / edited by David Miller.
(DS79.76 .T454 2004, .Steely Circulating Collection)
War in Iraq
America at a crossroads. The case for war in defense of freedom / production of WETA Washington D.C. producer/director, Mick Gold; written and presented by Richard Perle.
(Steely Media DVD [2nd Floor], DS79.76 .A44 2007x)
Battleground Iraq: journal of a company commander / by Todd S. Brown.
(Steely Govt Doc (3rd Floor) (Noncirculating), D 114.2:IR 1)
Blind into Baghdad: America's war in Iraq / James Fallows.
(DS79.76 .F3487 2006, Steely Circulating Collection)
The contemporary Middle East: a documentary history
(Steely Circulating) DS42 .F44 2008
The end of Iraq: how American incompetence created a war without end / Peter W. Galbraith.
DS79.76 .G335 2006, Steely Circulating Collection)
The Iraq War one year later / produced by CBS New Productions in association with A&E Network for the History Channel; executive producer, Terrence L. Martin; producer, Emily M. Bernstein.
(Drawing on the complete archives of CBS News and other agencies, this documentary examines the invasion of Iraq shedding light on the conflict, probing beyond the pre-packaged tales and "embeds" to illuminate unexplored facets of the fight to remove Saddam Hussein from power. DVD.)
(DS79.76 .I73 2004X, Location: Steely Media DVD [2nd Floor])
The Northern Front: a wartime diary / Charles Glass; foreword by P.J. O’Rourke; photographs by Don McCullin.
(DS79.76 .G52 2006x, Steely Circulating Collection)
The occupation of Iraq: winning the war, losing the peace / Ali A. Allawi.
(DS79.76 .A393 2007, Steely Circulating Collection)
American Military Culture & Issues
Beyond zero tolerance: discrimination in military culture / edited by Mary Fainsod Katzenstein and Judith Reppy.
(UB417 .B48 1999, Steely Circulating Collection)
Black American military leaders: a biographical dictionary / Walter L. Hawkins.
(Steely Reference (3rd Floor), E181 .H382 2007)
Detailed, career-oriented summaries for men and women who overcame societal obstacles to become ranking officers in the U.S. military. Included now are members of all branches of the armed services.
Encyclopedia of military technology and innovation / Stephen Bull.
(Steely Reference (3rd Floor), U24 .B85 2004)
Ranging from the Abrams M1 tank to the zeppelin, this essential reference details the invention and evolution of nearly 600 of the most important advances in military technology from prehistory to the present.
U.S. military service: a reference handbook / Cynthia A. Watson.
(Steely Reference (3rd Floor) UB323 .W358 2007)
The United States at war / edited by John C. Super.
(Steely Reference (3rd Floor), E181 .U64 2005)
Essays selected from various publications together with new material.
War and American popular culture: a historical encyclopedia / edited by M. Paul Holsinger.
(Steely Reference (3rd Floor), E181 .W26 1999)
Spanning more than 400 years of America's past, this book brings together, for the first time, entries on the ways Americans have mythologized both the many wars the nation has fought and the men and women connected with those conflicts.
Weapons of mass destruction: opposing viewpoints / James D. Torr, book editor.
(U793 .W43277 2005, Steely Circulating Collection)

The Love My Rifle More Than You Research Guide is maintained by Mary Chesnut. Suggestions and comments are welcome.