“A thrilling, challenging and educational book . . . examines the roles of spies such a Edith Cavell, Mata Hari, Violette Szabo and Noor Inayat Khan” (Penna

The award-winning New York Times bestseller about the American women who secretly served as codebreakers during World War II--a "prodigiously researched and eng

During World War II, unprecedented employment avenues opened up for women and minorities in U.S. defense industries at the same time that massive population shi

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