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서명/저자사항 | Women in war/ edited by Celia Lee and Paul Edward Strong ; foreword by Gary Sheffield. |
개인저자 | Lee, Celia, Strong, Paul, |
형태사항 | 1 online resource (xvi, 237 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates): illustrations. |
기타형태 저록 | Print version: Women in war 9781848846692 |
ISBN | 9781783830954 1783830956 |
서지주기 | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
내용주기 | Sir Colin Campbell's incumbrances : women as a factor in British command decisions during the Indian Mutiny 1857 / T.A. Heathcote -- Heni Te Kiri Karamu : the heroine of the Gate Pa / Leicester Chilton -- Home from home on the Western Front, 1914-1918 : women's contribution to morale / Elspeth Johnstone -- Working, queueing and worrying : British women and the home front, 1939-1945 / Mark Connelly -- Flight through the retreating Allied armies : non-combatants and the Blitzkrieg of 1940 / George Bailey -- 'Put that light out' : the 93rd Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery / Imogen Corrigan -- Homeland defence : British gunners, women and ethics during the Second World War / Georgina Natzio -- Princess Marina the Duchess of Kent as commandant of the WRNS during the Second World War / Celia Lee -- Hurricanes and handbags : women RAF ferry pilots during the Second World War / Mike Ryan -- British secret agents during the Second World War / Juliette Pattinson -- Sue Ryder and the FANYs of SOE / Jonathan Walker -- Women with a secret : photographic interpretation / Christine Halsall -- 'Station X' : the women at Bletchley Park / John Lee -- Women in the siege of Leningrad / Tatiana Roshupkina -- Lotta Sv?rd, Nachthexen and Blitzm?del : women in military service on the Eastern Front / Paul Edward Strong -- Women at war : Poland / Halik Kochanski -- Women who thawed the Cold War / Grace Filby -- War veterans : four short histories -- Georgina Ivison; Theresa Jordan; Beryl; Minnie S. Churchill / edited by Celia Lee. |
요약 | The changing role of women in warfare, a neglected aspect of military history, is the subject of this collection of perceptive, thought-provoking essays. By looking at the wide range of ways in which women have become involved in all the aspects of war, the authors open up this fascinating topic to wider understanding and debate. The discuss how, particularly in the two world wars, women have been increasingly mobilized in all the armed services, originally as support staff, then in defensive combat roles. They also consider the tragic story of women as victims of male violence, and how women. |
주제명(회의명) | World War (1914-1918) fast World War (1939-1945) fast |
일반주제명 | Women in war --History. World War, 1914-1918 --Women. World War, 1939-1945 --Women. HISTORY --Military --Other. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING --Military Science. Women. Women in war. |
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