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Forgotten Warriors
- A History of Women on the Front Line
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
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Publisher's Summary
From the Amazons to the Ukraine conflict, women have always been on the frontline of war: this is their surprising and heroic history.
Battlefields have always contained a surprising number of women. Tracing the long history of female fighters, Forgotten Warriors puts the record straight, exploring how war became an all-male space, and getting to the bottom of why women were allowed to be astronauts a full thirty years before they were allowed to fight in combat.
From the Mino, the all-female army that protected Dahomey from the West for two hundred years to the Night Witches, Soviet flying aces that decimated the Nazis; from the real story of Joan of Arc to the cross-dressing soldiers whose disguises were so effective the men around them never realized who they were fighting with, Sarah Percy shines a fascinating new light on the history of warfare. And against a backdrop of sieges and desperate battles, rebellions and civil wars, a series of extraordinary women come alive, determined not to be passive victims.
Every country has their tomb to the unknown warrior, picking out one unnamed body to represent the sacrifices of thousands of others. As Forgotten Warriors shows, those overlooked soldiers could well be female. Their heroic and compelling stories need to be heard.
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- Anonymous User
- 21-10-2023
Fantastic and Revealing
Thought provoking and superbly researched. This book cracked open so many myths and was also a pleasure to listen to. Any history buff would love this book.
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