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Soviet women in combat : a history of violence on the Eastern Front / Anna Krylova.
Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.Description: xvi, 320 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780521197342 :
- 0521197341 :
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Eastern Front
- Women soldiers -- Soviet Union -- History
- Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Krasnai︠a︡ Armi︠ia︡ -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
- Women and war -- Soviet Union -- History
- Women and the military -- Soviet Union -- History
- Sex role -- Soviet Union -- History
- D764 .K854 2010
Contents:
Introduction: The woman veteran as a World War II memoirist -- pt. 1. Before the front, 1930s -- A portrait of a young woman as the citizen soldier -- pt. 2. On the way to the front, 1941-1945 -- "And this is exactly who we are--soldiers!" : women volunteers, local authorities, and the Stalinist government in 1941 -- The exceptional mobilization of 1941 : the making of a female combat collective by state order -- New gender landscapes for the Army : from grassroots enlistments to the state-run mobilizations of 1942-1945 -- pt. 3. At the front, 1941-1945 -- Partners in violence : the woman soldier and the machine in the 1941 trenches -- "To be a woman-commander--that was great!" : remechanizing and regendering in the Red Army, 1942-1945 -- Bonded by combat : women and men sharing violence, authority, and romance in mechanized warfare, 1942-1945 -- Conclusion -- Appendix.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: The woman veteran as a World War II memoirist -- pt. 1. Before the front, 1930s -- A portrait of a young woman as the citizen soldier -- pt. 2. On the way to the front, 1941-1945 -- "And this is exactly who we are--soldiers!" : women volunteers, local authorities, and the Stalinist government in 1941 -- The exceptional mobilization of 1941 : the making of a female combat collective by state order -- New gender landscapes for the Army : from grassroots enlistments to the state-run mobilizations of 1942-1945 -- pt. 3. At the front, 1941-1945 -- Partners in violence : the woman soldier and the machine in the 1941 trenches -- "To be a woman-commander--that was great!" : remechanizing and regendering in the Red Army, 1942-1945 -- Bonded by combat : women and men sharing violence, authority, and romance in mechanized warfare, 1942-1945 -- Conclusion -- Appendix.
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