Battle Cries and Lullabies: Women in War from Prehistory to the Present (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780806132884)

In this groundbreaking work, which covers thousands of years and spans the globe, Linda Grant De Pauw depicts women as victims and as warriors; as nurses, spies, sex workers, and wives and mothers of soldiers; as warrior queens leading armies into battle, and as baggage carriers marching in the rear. Beginning with the earliest archaeological evidence of warfare and ending with the dozens of wars in progress today, Battle Cries and Lullabies demonstrates that warfare has always and everywhere involved women. Following an introductory chapter on the questions raised about women's participation in warfare, the book presents a documented, chronological survey linked to familiar models of military history. De Pauw provides historical context for current public policy debates over the role of women in the military. "Whether one applauds or deplores their presence and their actions, women have always been part of war. To ignore this fact grossly distorts our understanding of human history." Linda Grant De Pauw is President of the Minerva Center (an institution dedicated to studies of women in the military) and Professor Emeritus of History at George Washington University. She is the author of Founding Mothers: Women of America in the Revolutionary Era, "Remember the Ladies" Women on America, 1750-1815, and Seafaring Women.

Author: Linda Grant de Pauw
ISBN-10: 0806132884
ISBN-13: 9780806132884
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Language: English
Published: 10/15/1998
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 8.68h x 5.90w x 1.00d