Why Women Fight
eBook - ePub

Why Women Fight

The Long History of Women in Combat

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eBook - ePub

Why Women Fight

The Long History of Women in Combat

About this book

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.

Information

Publisher
The History Press
Year
2026
Topic
History
eBook ISBN
9781837052547
Subtopic
Military & Maritime History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Prologue
  7. 1 Succession
  8. 2 Survival
  9. 3 Kinship
  10. 4 Ideology
  11. 5 Invisibility
  12. 6 Desperation
  13. 7 Conscription
  14. 8 Slavery
  15. 9 Liberty
  16. Epilogue
  17. Notes
  18. Bibliography
  19. Acknowledgements

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