Battle Cries and Lullabies: Women in War from Prehistory to the Present - Softcover

De Pauw, Linda Grant

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ISBN 10: 0806132884 ISBN 13: 9780806132884

Verlag: University of Oklahoma Press, 1998

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Book by De Pauw Linda Grant

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"The analytical framework on which De Pauw hangs the narrative and anecdotes ... allows [her] to cover not just women in combat, disguised and not, but also women as spies, nurses, and camp followers". -- Booklist

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In this groundbreaking work, which covers thousands of years and spans the globe, Linda Grant De Pauw depicts women as victims and as warriors; as nurses, spies, sex workers, and wives and mothers of soldiers; as warrior queens leading armies into battle, and as baggage carriers marching in the rear. Beginning with the earliest archaeological evidence of warfare and ending with the dozens of wars in progress today, Battle Cries and Lullabies demonstrates that warfare has always and everywhere involved women. Following an introductory chapter on the questions raised about women's participation in warfare, the book presents a documented, chronological survey linked to familiar models of military history. De Pauw provides historical context for current public policy debates over the role of women in the military. "Whether one applauds or deplores their presence and their actions, women have always been part of war. To ignore this fact grossly distorts our understanding of human history." Linda Grant De Pauw is President of the Minerva Center (an institution dedicated to studies of women in the military) and Professor Emeritus of History at George Washington University. She is the author of Founding Mothers: Women of America in the Revolutionary Era, "Remember the Ladies": Women on America, 1750-1815, and Seafaring Women.

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• Verlag: University of Oklahoma Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0806132884
• ISBN 13: 9780806132884
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 432