Author: KRUYSWIJK-VAN THIEL, SOPHIA [1927-],
Title: Vrouwenkoprs van het voormalig Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger 1943-1950. Motivatie en Beeldvorming. [Eerste druk; First edition].
Description: S.I. [Patersworlde], Sophia Kruyswijk-van Thiel, [Cop.], 2003. Small 4°. Original limp black coloured glossy wrappers. Covertitle in bold white typw, image of some female troops at top. 224pp. Many captioned monochrome illustrations in text and full-page, of which portraits of dutch female troops, incl. commanders, facsims. after original posters, facsims. after army archivalia, list of abbreviations, archivalia, sources and literaturenamelist of reunists 1994, interviewed persons, recruits, sketch-maps lof various provbince in the Dutch East Indies with legenda, comparative statistics in text, monochrome maps of Indonesia on endpapers, table of contents. Privately published Dutch language detailed scholarly Investigation into dutch female troops incorporated into the Royal Dutch East Indies' Army, KNIL, 1943-1950. A comparative study researching into various angles: the principle of equal employment, workload and labour conditions between men and women, history of women serving in armies, establishment and development of female troops throughout history and in particular the Royal dutch Army, etc. A very important piece of socio-psychological research into recent history. Very fine copy.

Keywords: army militaria knil females womentroops dutch history investigation record colonialism indonesia southeastasia recruitment equalemplyment workload labourconditions history royaldutcharmyknil