When the Schneider's wrote this book in the late 1980s, women made up 11% of the Armed Forces. The authors wanted to discover how women were fitting into the military after a decade of the All Volunteer Force. To do that, they spoke with more than 300 servicewomen in the Army, Navy, Air Force Coast Guard and Marines. The authors have combined these oral histories with official surveys and statistics to achieve a more colorful, personalized and informative picture of women in the military than otherwise available.