"A timely and important contribution that bridges long standing gaps between feminist theory, strategic studies, and civil-military analysis. Von Hlatky's expert and careful analysis, particularly her brilliant development of the concept of 'norm distortion,' helps address a question that has plagued feminists for the past decade: Why and how has institutional adoption of feminist concepts failed to translate into radical and transformative agendas? Through her international case studies, and clear expertise of NATO operations, the WPS agenda, feminist theory, and foreign policy, von Hlatky draws out unique conclusions about the process through which feminist ideals can be filtered, diluted, and militarized in military organizations, while at the same time, militaries 'deploying' this rhetoric remain largely unchanged." -- Megan MacKenzie, Simon Fraser University"In Deploying Feminism, Dr. Von Hlatky looks at what happens when the Women, Peace and Security agenda is converted into NATO military operations, asking how gender norms have changed NATO operations, but also what gets lost in translation when those norms meet military culture. She delivers an engaging first-person account through interviews with NATO commanders, soldiers and officials in Kosovo, the Baltics, Iraq and Brussels. The book is an important contribution for practitioners and scholars alike: it draws important lessons on how militaries and international peace missions can do a better job on gender and offers a thoughtful take on how the international Women, Peace and Security agenda has been transformed." -- Kerry Buck, Former Canadian Ambassador to NATO"Deploying Feminism is a well-written and carefully researched account of how the WPS agenda has been implemented by an important international security organization. It responds to the call for more empirical data on how WPS is being implemented worldwide and makes a significant contribution to our collective knowledge on this topic.

" -- Vanessa F. Newby, International Peacekeeping.