Essays analyze the two world wars in respect to gender politics and reassesses the differences between men and women in relation to war

Using a very wide range of detailed sources, the book surveys the many different experiences of women during the Second World War.

The Second World War is often seen as a period of emancipation, because of the influx of women into paid work, and because the state took steps to relieve women

"Originally published in Russian as U voiny--ne zhenskoe lietiso by Mastatskaya Litaratura, Minsk, in 1985. Originally published in English as War's unwomanly f

The enfranchisement of women in Charles de Gaulle's France in 1944 is considered a potent element in the nation's self-crafted, triumphant World War Two narrati