Our bodies, their battlefields, war through the lives of women, Christina Lamb
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Our bodies, their battlefields, war through the lives of women, Christina Lamb
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical resources and index
Illustrations
illustrationsmaps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Our bodies, their battlefields
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1039389378
Responsibility statement
Christina Lamb
Sub title
war through the lives of women
Summary
"In Our Bodies, Their Battlefields, longtime intrepid war correspondent Christina Lamb makes us witness to the lives of women in wartime. An award-winning war correspondent for twenty-five years (she's never had a female editor) Lamb reports two wars--the "bang-bang" war and the story of how the people behind the lines live and survive. At the same time, since men usually act as the fighters, women are rarely interviewed about their experience of wartime, other than as grieving widows and mothers, though their experience is markedly different from that of the men involved in battle. Lamb chronicles extraordinary tragedy and challenges in the lives of women in wartime. And none is more devastating than the increase of the use of rape as a weapon of war. Visiting warzones including the Congo, Rwanda, Nigeria, Bosnia, and Iraq, and spending time with the Rohingya fleeing Myanmar, she records the harrowing stories of survivors, from Yazidi girls kept as sex slaves by ISIS fighters and the beekeeper risking his life to rescue them; to the thousands of schoolgirls abducted across northern Nigeria by Boko Haram, to the Congolese gynecologist who stitches up more rape victims than anyone on earth. Told as a journey, and structured by country, Our Bodies, Their Battlefields gives these women voice."--Amazon
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- Women and war -- Nigeria
- Sex crimes
- Women and war
- Women and war -- Burma
- Women and war -- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Women and war -- Iraq
- Rape as a weapon of war
- War victims
- Political science
- Women and war -- Philippines
- Women and war -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Crimes against humanity + History
- Women and war + History
- Women and war -- Syria
- Women and war -- Argentina
- War crimes
- Women and war -- Rwanda
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance2
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Creator1
- Subject17
- Women and war -- Nigeria
- Sex crimes
- Women and war
- Women and war -- Burma
- Women and war -- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Women and war -- Iraq
- Rape as a weapon of war
- War victims
- Political science
- Women and war -- Philippines
- Women and war -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Crimes against humanity + History
- Women and war + History
- Women and war -- Syria
- Women and war -- Argentina
- War crimes
- Women and war -- Rwanda
- Content2
- Author1
- Mapped to1