Wars Unwomanly Face
By Svetlana Alexievich
Published By Progress Press
Year Published 1988
Book Format - Hard cover
Summary
The author chronicles the experiences of the Russian women who fought on the front lines, on the home front, and in the occupied territories. These women-more than a million in total-were nurses and doctors, pilots, tank drivers, machine gunners, and snipers. The author has compiled the voices of over 500 women describing in their own words the events during the Soviet Unions Great Patriotic War against Nazi Germany. What sets this book apart is its centering women in the violence of war not only as victims, but combatants.
Notes - slight wear on cover
By Svetlana Alexievich
Published By Progress Press
Year Published 1988
Book Format - Hard cover
Summary
The author chronicles the experiences of the Russian women who fought on the front lines, on the home front, and in the occupied territories. These women-more than a million in total-were nurses and doctors, pilots, tank drivers, machine gunners, and snipers. The author has compiled the voices of over 500 women describing in their own words the events during the Soviet Unions Great Patriotic War against Nazi Germany. What sets this book apart is its centering women in the violence of war not only as victims, but combatants.
Notes - slight wear on cover
By Svetlana Alexievich
Published By Progress Press
Year Published 1988
Book Format - Hard cover
Summary
The author chronicles the experiences of the Russian women who fought on the front lines, on the home front, and in the occupied territories. These women-more than a million in total-were nurses and doctors, pilots, tank drivers, machine gunners, and snipers. The author has compiled the voices of over 500 women describing in their own words the events during the Soviet Unions Great Patriotic War against Nazi Germany. What sets this book apart is its centering women in the violence of war not only as victims, but combatants.
Notes - slight wear on cover
