The unwomanly face of war : an oral history of women in World War II
Record details
- ISBN: 9780399588723 (hardcover) :
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Physical Description:
regular print
xliii, 331 pages ; 25 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Originally published in English as War's unwomanly face by Progress Publishers, Moscow, in 1988. This English translation is published in the United Kingdom by Penguin, London."--Title page verso. |
Formatted Contents Note: | From a conversation with a historian -- A human being is greater than war -- "I don't want to remember ..." -- "Grow up, girls ... you're still green ..." -- "I alone came back to Mama ..." -- "Two wars live in our house ..." -- "Telephones don't shoot ..." -- "They awarded us little medals ..." -- "It wasn't me ..." -- "I remember those eyes even now ..." -- "We didn't shoot ..." -- "They needed soldiers ... but we also wanted to be beautiful ..." -- "Young ladies! Do you know: the Commander of a Sappier Platoon lives only two months ..." -- "To see him just once ..." -- "About tiny potatoes ..." -- "Mama, what's a papa?" -- "And she puts her hand to her heart ..." -- "Suddenly we wanted desperately to live ..." |
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Subject: | World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Soviet Union World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Russian World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female Women and war -- Soviet Union |
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Creston Public Library | 940.53 ALE (Text)
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