A waste of paper
I purchased this work seeking information on the mythical amazons but hoped to find actual historical material on female soldiers. The world is full of women who took up the sword from the Sarmations and Celts to the French Resistence.And history is filled with incidents of individual women who broke from their assigned roles and became soldiers and pirates so with all this truth out there, why did this book put so much focus on: 1) female trennis stars, 2) Xena TV show, 3) Powerpuff Girls cartoon, 4) Buffy TV show and the like?Are women on the battlefield so sparse and uninteresting that Ms Apeles must describe Charlies Angels and the origin of Supergirl to add excitement to her 'work'?Save your money and buy a book that focuses on the reality, not cartoons.