Battle Cries and Lullabies
Subtitle: Women in War from Prehistory to the Present
By: by Linda Grant De Pauw.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 395
Subjects: Women and war; Military history
Description: In this work, which covers thousands of years and spans the globe, Linda Grant DePauw explores the varied roles women have played in war. 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 352-377) and index.