{"product_id":"9781529344332-forgotten-warriors","title":"Forgotten Warriors","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA History of Women on the Front Line\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Amazons to the Ukraine conflict, women have always been on the  front line of war: this is their surprising and heroic history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Ambitious, wide-ranging and learned' \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e  'Vivid and extraordinary' \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Boudicca to Ukraine, battlefields have always contained a surprising number of female fighters. We have all heard of Joan of Arc, but not the cross-dressing soldiers whose disguises were so effective the men around them never realized who they were fighting with. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eForgotten Warriors \u003c\/i\u003eshines a light on women in war, from the Mino,the all-female army the protected Dahomey from the West for two hundred years, to the Night Witches, Soviet flying aces that decimated the Nazis. Against a backdrop of sieges and desperate battles, rebellions and civil wars, Sarah Percy brings these extraordinary women to life, and sets the record straight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e  'Vulnerability, strength and defiance . in exploring the history of women in combat, F\u003ci\u003eorgotten Warriors \u003c\/i\u003etackles their exclusion from the historical record' \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e, Books of the Year \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e  'Fascinating' \u003ci\u003eBBC History\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e  'Magnificent . could not be more timely' \u003ci\u003eThe Monthly \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e  'Truly impressive and rigorously researched, this book should be in all libraries' \u003ci\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41557458321505,"sku":"9781529344332","price":10.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29810367.jpg?v=1725783013","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529344332-forgotten-warriors","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}