How a century of war changed the lives of women / Lindsey German.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

German, Lindsey.

Series:

Counterfire.

Counterfire

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women and war--History--20th century.

Women and war.

Women and war--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Women--History--20th century.

Women.

History.

Women--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

vii, 261 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto ; New York : Distributed in the United State of America exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

This book looks at the remarkable impact of war on women in Britain. It shows how conflict has changed women's lives and how those changes have put women at the centre of peace campaigning. Lindsey German, one of the UK's leading anti-war activists and commentators, shows how women have played a central role in anti-war and peace movements, including the recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The women themselves talk about how they integrates this experience with a historical overview, analyzing the two world wars as catalysts of social change for women. It looks at how the changing nature of war, especially the involvement of civilians, increasingly involves significant numbers of women. As well as providing an inspiring account of women's opposition to war, the book also tackles key contemporary developments, challenging negative assumptions about Muslim women and showing how anti-war movements are feeding into a broader desire to change society. Book jacket.

Contents:

Women and the Great War

The home front, 1939-45

In the shadow of the bomb

Vietnam and the liberation decade

From Greenham to the Gulf

A mass movement is born

War, liberation and Muslim women

Changes: war and women's consciousness.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-252) and index.

ISBN:

0745332501

9780745332505

OCLC:

828076970