This book explores how public cultures shape women's military participation within the European Union. It analyzes the way in which different policy options have been elaborated in the United Kingdom, France and Germany and examines?patterns of women's military participation across societies.Acknowledgements Women's Military Participation - Dominant Approaches Europe - a Liberal Space France Achieving Equality Germany Safeguarding the Family The United Kingdom Preserving Effectiveness Conclusion Appendices Notes Bibliography IndexIR?NE EULRIET Research Fellow at the Institut de Recherche Strat?gique de l'?cole militaire (IRSEM) and a member of the Groupe de Sociologie Politique et Morale (GSPM/EHESS) in Paris, France.