What Women Do in Wartime - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook What Women Do in Wartime write by Meredeth Turshen. This book was released on 1998-04. What Women Do in Wartime available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is the first book to describe and analyze the experience of women in African civil wars. A mixture of reportage, testimony and scholarship, the book includes contributions from women in Chad, Liberia, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa and Sudan. The political context of these conflicts is outlined in an introduction to each chapter. The book profiles women's responses to war, as combatants as well as victims, and describes the groups women organize in the aftermath. Examining rape and other forms of gendered political violence in African civil wars, this extraordinary volume is also about women taking action for change. It is set to become required reading for students and academics of women's, peace and African studies.
Behind the Lines
Behind the Lines - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Behind the Lines write by Margaret R. Higonnet. This book was released on 1987-01-01. Behind the Lines available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Essays analyze the two world wars in respect to gender politics and reassesses the differences between men and women in relation to war
Women Wartime Spies
Women Wartime Spies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Women Wartime Spies write by Ann Kramer. This book was released on 2012-07-12. Women Wartime Spies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “A thrilling, challenging and educational book . . . examines the roles of spies such a Edith Cavell, Mata Hari, Violette Szabo and Noor Inayat Khan” (Pennant Magazine). Women spies have rarely received the recognition they deserve. They have often been trivialized and, in cinema and popular fiction, stereotyped as vamps or dupes. The reality is very different. As spies, women have played a critical role during wartime, receiving and passing on vital information, frequently at considerable risk. Often able to blend into their background more easily than their male counterparts, women have worked as couriers, transmitters, and with resistance fighters, their achievements often unknown. Many have died. Ann Kramer describes the role of women spies during wartime, with particular reference to the two world wars. She looks at why some women chose to become spies, their motives, and backgrounds. She looks at the experience of women spies during wartime, what training they received, and what skills they needed. She examines the reality of life for a woman spy, operating behind enemy lines, and explores and explodes the myths about women spies that continue until the present day. The focus is mainly on Britain but also takes an international view as appropriate. “Tells the often surprising stories of some of the women who chose to become spies and to serve their country . . . An excellent work.” —The Great War Magazine
Code Girls
Code Girls - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Code Girls write by Liza Mundy. This book was released on 2017-10-10. Code Girls available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The award-winning New York Times bestseller about the American women who secretly served as codebreakers during World War II--a "prodigiously researched and engrossing" (New York Times) book that "shines a light on a hidden chapter of American history" (Denver Post). Recruited by the U.S. Army and Navy from small towns and elite colleges, more than ten thousand women served as codebreakers during World War II. While their brothers and boyfriends took up arms, these women moved to Washington and learned the meticulous work of code-breaking. Their efforts shortened the war, saved countless lives, and gave them access to careers previously denied to them. A strict vow of secrecy nearly erased their efforts from history; now, through dazzling research and interviews with surviving code girls, bestselling author Liza Mundy brings to life this riveting and vital story of American courage, service, and scientific accomplishment.
The Unwomanly Face of War
The Unwomanly Face of War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Unwomanly Face of War write by Светлана Алексиевич. This book was released on 2017. The Unwomanly Face of War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Originally published in Russian as U voiny--ne zhenskoe lietiso by Mastatskaya Litaratura, Minsk, in 1985. Originally published in English as War's unwomanly face by Progress Publishers, Moscow, in 1988"--Title page verso.
