Why Women Fight

The Long History of Women in Combat

von Victoria Preston

Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Why do women fight in wars? The short answer is simply that women, like men, fight because they must. The longer answer is inevitably more complex.Why Women Fight is a look into what drives women to take up arms, examining these reasons through the lives of individuals on the front lines. Busting the myth that female soldiers are a manifestation of modernity, it begins with Semiramis, a former milkmaid attributed with expanding the Babylonian empire, and concludes with Tatyana, a former shop assistant who went on to command a Ukrainian battalion of a thousand men.Incorporating extraordinary interviews with resistance fighters, illegal paramilitaries, conscripts and regular volunteers, Victoria Preston explores some of the reasons why throughout history women have joined the fray.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Gesellschaftliche Gruppen, Gemeinschaften und Identitäten Gruppen Frauen und Mädchen
• ISBN: 9781837052530
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 09.07.2026
• Größe: 164 x 243 mm
• Verlag: The History Press Ltd