Images of Women in Peace and War: Cross-Cultural and Historical Perspectives

by Sharon Macdonald

Book Overview

As warriors, freedom fighters and victims, as mothers, wives and prostitutes, and as creators and members of peace movements, women are inevitably caught up in the net of war. Yet women's participation in warfare and peace campaigns has often been underestimated or ignored.
Images of Women in Peace and War explores women's relationships to war, peace, and revolution, from the Amazons, Inka and Boadicea, to women soldiers in South Africa,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299117642
• ISBN13: 9780299117641
• Release Date: June 1988
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.6"