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Battle cries and lullabies : women in war from prehistory to the present / by Linda Grant De Pauw.

By: De Pauw, Linda Grant.
Publisher: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c1998Description: xvii, 395 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780806132884 (pbk.) :; 0806132884 (pbk.) :; 0806131004 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780806131009 (cloth : alk. paper).Subject(s): Women and war | Military history | Military history | Women and war
Contents:
Introduction: definitions and presuppositions -- Prehistory -- Classical warfare -- European warfare -- The age of revolution -- Nineteenth-century warfare -- The age of imperialism -- The Great War -- The Second World War -- The Cold War -- Third world wars.
Summary: In this work, which covers thousands of years and spans the globe, Linda Grant DePauw explores the varied roles women have played in war. 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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 352-377) and index.

Introduction: definitions and presuppositions -- Prehistory -- Classical warfare -- European warfare -- The age of revolution -- Nineteenth-century warfare -- The age of imperialism -- The Great War -- The Second World War -- The Cold War -- Third world wars.

In this work, which covers thousands of years and spans the globe, Linda Grant DePauw explores the varied roles women have played in war. 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.

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