Product Description

One of the first two titles in this important and ground-breaking new series, Women at War examines the enormously important part that women played in the major wars of the twentieth century. From their involvement in the First World War - as munitions workers, land girls, postal workers, drivers, as well as nurses and in the women's corps of the armed services that were established towards the war's end - their role increased with every major conflict. The book is accompanied by an unique, 1-hour audio CD featuring the actual reminiscences of many of these key players and eyewitnesses, drawn from the magnificent Sound Archive of Britain's national museum of conflict, the Imperial War Museum. The result is a remarkable publication that captures the reality of women at war in their own words, and voices.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #306263 in Books
• Published on: 2002-07-18
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 144 pages

Customer Reviews

Excellent value
This really is a superb book. Beautifully presented, full of photographs, copies of war posters and the accounts of the women themselves. It deals with World War 1 and World War 2 and it is a truly stunning social history of this time, telling how perceptions of these women were received and treated during the war by their fellow male workers, their own families and neighbours. They tell tales of tales of sadness, tales of fun and laughter, of how life was, how the war affected them and what they did.
The Imperial War Museums sound archive was used both to reference from and also to produce what really made the book all the more unique and special for me, an audio CD of almost 70 minutes of the women's stories in their own words and voices. It is one thing to read of these stories, words on print no matter how moving the stories may be, but quite another to hear the women tell the tales themselves. This book is truly superb, and excellent value for a hardback accompanied by an audio CD. It really brought the subject to life, made it a reality for me as it was for these brave and enduring women who lived through those times. The best book about women's lives during the war that I have ever read.