Sisters in Arms: Female Warriors from Antiquity to the New Millennium 9781472838001

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Автор: Wheelwright Julie
Название: Sisters in Arms: Female Warriors from Antiquity to the New Millennium
ISBN: 9781472838001
Издательство: Osprey
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Военная история

Гендерные исследования: женщины

Военная жизнь и институты

ISBN-10: 1472838009
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 288
Вес: 0.65 кг.
Дата издания: 18.02.2020
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 16pp plate section in b&w
Размер: 162 x 241 x 30
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
Подзаголовок: Female warriors from antiquity to the new millennium
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Поставляется из: Англии
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A history of female combatants, from those who joined the military disguised as men to the current role of women in the armed forces.

In October 2018, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson announced that all roles in the military would now be open to women. Although this marks a historic shift, officially allowing British women into combat roles, the presence of women on the front lines dates back to antiquity. Beginning with the founding myth of the Amazons--in reality female warriors of a nomadic tribe to whom the Greeks attributed super-heroic powers--Julie Wheelwright explores the history of women in arms. She traces our fascination with these figures, many of whom successfully disguised themselves as men, using primary sources and their own words to bring their experiences vividly to light. Among these forgotten heroines are Christian Davies, Irelands most famous 18th-century soldier, who received poems from adoring women claiming that she represented a resurgence of the Amazonian race; Sarah Edmonds, who left her native Canada and was among hundreds of women to enlist on both sides during the American Civil War; Maria Bochkareva, a private in the Tsars army and leader of the Womens Battalion of Death in 1917; and Captain Flora Sandes, hero of the Serbian Army, who toured Australia, thrilling her audiences with tales of bravery and patriotism.

The book follows the evolution of women in combat, from the Scythian women who begat the Amazonian myth, to the passing women in the eighteenth century, and on to the re-emergence of women as proud members of the armed forces in various countries in the 20th and 21st centuries. The book also explores the formalization of womens military roles and questions the contemporary relationship between masculinity and combat.

Sisters in Arms: Female Warriors from Antiquity to the New Millennium, Wheelwright Julie