• Preface


• Acknowledgments


• Chapter 1: Introduction


• Chapter 2: Interpreting Women, War, and Feminism


• Chapter 3: Hawk in the Cold War Twilight


• Chapter 4: Taking Charge of the New World Disorder


• Chapter 5: Pre-emption in the Wake of 9/11


• Chapter 6: Women's Security as National Security


• Chapter 7: Conclusion


• Notes


• References


• Index

Sylvia Bashevkin is Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto. She is the author of Women, Power, Politics ;Tales of Two Cities: Women and Municipal Restructuring in London and Toronto; and Welfare Hot Buttons: Women, Work and Social Policy Reform.

What difference does gender make to foreign diplomacy? What do we know about women's participation as decision-makers in international affairs? Women as Foreign Policy Leaders, among the first systematic studies in the field, demonstrates how four high-profile appointees in the United States staked out their presence on the global scene and provided a crucial antidote to the silencing of women's voices in global politics.