Forgotten warriors : a history of women on the front line
Percy, Sarah, 1977-2024
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From Boudicca to Ukraine, battlefields have always contained a surprising number of women. Tracing the long history of female fighters, 'Forgotten Warriors' puts the record straight, exploring how war became an all-male space, and getting to the bottom of why women were allowed to be astronauts a full thirty years before they were allowed to fight in combat. From the Mino, the all-female army that protected Dahomey from the West for two hundred years to the Night Witches, Soviet flying aces that decimated the Nazis; from the real story of Joan of Arc to the cross-dressing soldiers whose disguises were so effective the men around them never realized who they were fighting with, Sarah Percy shines a fascinating new light on the history of warfare.
Main title:
Forgotten warriors : a history of women on the front line / Sarah Percy.
Author:
Percy, Sarah, 1977-, author
Imprint:
London : John Murray, 2024.
Collation:
xxi, 394 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2023.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781529344332 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2681105