Soviet Women on the Frontline in the Second World War

More than 800,000 Soviet women fought against Hitler's onslaught during the 'Great Patriotic War, ' 1941-45. Female participation in military conflict on such a scale is historically unique. This is the first comprehensive study of the hitherto largely hidden history of the crucial role women played in the defeat of fascism on the Eastern Front

Author: R. Markwick, E. Charon Cardona, Euridice Charon Cardona
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 06/26/2012
Pages: 305
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.80w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780230579521

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2013

About the Author
ROGER MARKWICK Associate Professor of Modern European History, the University of Newcastle, Australia. His Rewriting History in Soviet Russia: The Politics of Revisionist Historiography in the Soviet Union, 1956-1974 won the Alexander Nove Prize in Russian, Soviet, and Post-Soviet Studies for 2001. His latest research is on Soviet women on the home front during the Second World War. EURIDICE CHARON CARDONA Senior Research Associate in the School of Humanities and Social Science, the University of Newcastle, Australia. She has a particular research interest in Soviet medicine and nursing during the Second World War. She holds a PhD in anthropology from the University of Newcastle, Australia (2008), and an MA in history from the University of Tashkent, Uzbekistan.