Under Fire Women And World War Ii

Author : Eveline Buchheim,Ralf Futselaar
Publisher : Uitgeverij Verloren
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Women and war
ISBN : 9789087044756

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Under Fire: Women and World War II by Eveline Buchheim,Ralf Futselaar Pdf

Since the 1970s, when the dominance of military histories of the World Wars ended, and social historical histories of conflict rose to prominence, women have come to play an increasingly important role in mainstream stories about the Second World War. Although this is undeniably a valuable development, the perspectives on women that arose have in many respects remained limiting – although in new ways. Women have been portrayed as carers, as victims (notably of sexual violence), but rarely as agents of their own fate. This volume focuses on this last group. In spite of the undeniable suffering and victimization that befell so many women during the war, for others the war also opened opportunities and awakened ambitions. The articles in this volume, which cover both Europe and Asia, bring together some of the women who took initiatives, of which they sometimes suffered the dire consequences, sometimes enjoyed the fruits.

Author : Allan Bérubé
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 080789964X

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Coming Out Under Fire by Allan Bérubé Pdf

During World War II, as the United States called on its citizens to serve in unprecedented numbers, the presence of gay Americans in the armed forces increasingly conflicted with the expanding antihomosexual policies and procedures of the military. In Coming Out Under Fire, Allan Berube examines in depth and detail these social and political confrontation--not as a story of how the military victimized homosexuals, but as a story of how a dynamic power relationship developed between gay citizens and their government, transforming them both. Drawing on GIs' wartime letters, extensive interviews with gay veterans, and declassified military documents, Berube thoughtfully constructs a startling history of the two wars gay military men and women fough--one for America and another as homosexuals within the military. Berube's book, the inspiration for the 1995 Peabody Award-winning documentary film of the same name, has become a classic since it was published in 1990, just three years prior to the controversial "don't ask, don't tell" policy, which has continued to serve as an uneasy compromise between gays and the military. With a new foreword by historians John D'Emilio and Estelle B. Freedman, this book remains a valuable contribution to the history of World War II, as well as to the ongoing debate regarding the role of gays in the U.S. military.

Author : Steve Rabey
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006-10-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781418579661

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Faith Under Fire by Steve Rabey Pdf

As World War II raged, millions of men and women confronted injury, destruction, separation from home and loved ones, chaos, and death. These challenges and traumas and many others forced an entire generation of everyday heroes to take stock of their lives. And in the process, many turned to God in ways they never had before. In Faith Under Fire, you'll experience scenes of astonishing bravery, moments of heart-breaking loss, and a pervasive sense of love for God, neighbor, and country that was strong enough to transcend denominational and national differences, inspiring selfless acts of courage and compassion under the worst of circumstances. From the Catholic chaplain who offered mercy among the carnage of Iwo Jima, to the Pentecostal boy who was saved from an incoming shell by the voice of God calling his name, to the young wife praying that her husband would survive life in a concentration camp, to the Tuskegee Airman who fought both totalitarianism and racism, these stories reveal the power of faith that sustained these heroes when there was nowhere else to turn. Award-winning author Steve Rabey presents more than twenty firsthand accounts of faith under pressure, many of them illustrated with war-time photos, letters, and journal entries. At a time when many who lived through these trying times are dying, their stories live on, passing on a legacy of faith and fortitude to future generations.

Author : Mark J. Crowley,Sandra Trudgen Dawson
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783275878

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Women's Experiences of the Second World War by Mark J. Crowley,Sandra Trudgen Dawson Pdf

Using a very wide range of detailed sources, the book surveys the many different experiences of women during the Second World War.

Author : Elizabeth E. Wein
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780385679541

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Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth E. Wein Pdf

Rose Justice is a young pilot with the Air Transport Auxiliary during the Second World War. On her way back from a semi-secret flight in the waning days of the war, Rose is captured by the Germans and ends up in Ravensbrück, the notorious Nazi women's concentration camp. There, she meets an unforgettable group of women, including a once glamorous and celebrated French detective novelist whose Jewish husband and three young sons have been killed; a resilient young girl who was a human guinea pig for Nazi doctors trying to learn how to treat German war wounds; and a Nachthexen, or Night Witch, a female fighter pilot and military ace for the Soviet air force. These damaged women must bond together to help each other survive. In this companion volume to the critically acclaimed novel Code Name Verity, Elizabeth Wein continues to explore themes of friendship and loyalty, right and wrong, and unwavering bravery in the face of indescribable evil.

Author : Carol Harris,Mike Brown
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752462752

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Blitz Diary by Carol Harris,Mike Brown Pdf

During the 1930s, war with Germany became increasingly likely. The British Government believed that it would start with massed ranks of enemy planes, dropping bombs and poison gas on civilians in major towns and cities, terrifying them into surrendering. When war broke out, preparations to protect the population were piecemeal and inadequate. As anticipated, people were shocked by the first raids and the response of rescue services was chaotic. But far from breaking morale, the Blitz galvanised public opinion in support of the war. Soon people became hardened by their experiences and attacks from the air became a normal, albeit terrible, part of daily life.Blitz Diary tells the story in a remarkable series of eyewitness accounts from the war’s earliest and darkest days through to the end, when the V-2 rockets brought devastation without warning. Preservation of such first-hand accounts has become increasingly important as the Blitz fades from living memory. This expanded edition includes new chapters and new accounts from key eyewitnesses.

Author : Allison Lockwood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Northampton (Mass.)
ISBN : WISC:89067489112

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Touched with Fire by Allison Lockwood Pdf

Author : Nicole Dombrowski Risser
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107025325

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France Under Fire by Nicole Dombrowski Risser Pdf

A social, military and political history of the French refugee crisis tracing the impact of government responses upon civilian lives.

Author : Dante R. Brizill
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-20
Category : Local author
ISBN : 1986420213

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Dorie Miller by Dante R. Brizill Pdf

The story of December 7th, 1941 is very familiar to us. It changed the history of this country and the world, but few people may know of the story of Dorie Miller the African-American cook who was stationed on the USS West Virginia at the time of the attack at Pearl Harbor . He was the ship's cook, but on December 7th 1941, he showed his crewmates and his country that he was capable of much more. This is his remarkable story of courage under fire.

Author : Celia Lee,Paul Edward Strong
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783830954

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Women in War by Celia Lee,Paul Edward Strong Pdf

The changing role of women in warfare, a neglected aspect of military history, is the subject of this collection of perceptive, thought-provoking essays. By looking at the wide range of ways in which women have become involved in all the aspects of war, the authors open up this fascinating topic to wider understanding and debate. The discuss how, particularly in the two world wars, women have been increasingly mobilized in all the armed services, originally as support staff, then in defensive combat roles. They also consider the tragic story of women as victims of male violence, and how women have often put up a heroic resistance, and examine how women have been drawn into direct combat roles on an unprecedented level, a trend that is still controversial in the present day. The collection brings together the work of noted academics and historians with the wartime experiences of women who have remarkable personal stories to tell. The book will be a milestone in the study of the recent history of the parts women have played in the history of warfare.AuthorsDr Juliette Pattinson, Professor Mark Connelly, Georgina Natzio, Christine Halsall, Jonathan Walker, Major Imogen Corrigan, Dr. Halik Kochanski, Dr T.A. Heathcote, Elspeth Johnstone, Mike Ryan, Grace Filby, Dr George Bailey, Tatiana Roshupkina, Leicester Chilton, Paul Edward Strong, Celia Lee, John Lee

Author : Regina Kunzel
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226824789

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Criminal Intimacy by Regina Kunzel Pdf

Sex is usually assumed to be a closely guarded secret of prison life. But it has long been the subject of intense scrutiny by both prison administrators and reformers—as well as a source of fascination and anxiety for the American public. Historically, sex behind bars has evoked radically different responses from professionals and the public alike. In Criminal Intimacy, Regina Kunzel tracks these varying interpretations and reveals their foundational influence on modern thinking about sexuality and identity. Historians have held the fusion of sexual desire and identity to be the defining marker of sexual modernity, but sex behind bars, often involving otherwise heterosexual prisoners, calls those assumptions into question. By exploring the sexual lives of prisoners and the sexual culture of prisons over the past two centuries—along with the impact of a range of issues, including race, class, and gender; sexual violence; prisoners’ rights activism; and the HIV epidemic—Kunzel discovers a world whose surprising plurality and mutability reveals the fissures and fault lines beneath modern sexuality itself. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including physicians, psychiatrists, sociologists, correctional administrators, journalists, and prisoners themselves—as well as depictions of prison life in popular culture—Kunzel argues for the importance of the prison to the history of sexuality and for the centrality of ideas about sex and sexuality to the modern prison. In the process, she deepens and complicates our understanding of sexuality in America.

Author : Karen Zeinert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019569081

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Those Incredible Women of World War II by Karen Zeinert Pdf

Describing the heroic efforts of the many women who served during the Second World War, a collection of personal accounts relates their participation in the military, medicine, journalism, and in volunteer efforts, and notes their impact on women's equality.

Author : Michael Bess
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307494450

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Choices Under Fire by Michael Bess Pdf

World War II was the quintessential “good war.” It was not, however, a conflict free of moral ambiguity, painful dilemmas, and unavoidable compromises. Was the bombing of civilian populations in Germany and Japan justified? Were the Nuremberg and Tokyo war crimes trials legally scrupulous? What is the legacy bequeathed to the world by Hiroshima? With wisdom and clarity, Michael Bess brings a fresh eye to these difficult questions and others, arguing eloquently against the binaries of honor and dishonor, pride and shame, and points instead toward a nuanced reckoning with one of the most pivotal conflicts in human history.

Author : Dante Rashaun Brizill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798670379144

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Red Ball Express by Dante Rashaun Brizill Pdf

These unsung heroes from World War II drove the trucks that supplied the American Army's in Europe. Three out of four of these men were African-American. After the Normandy campaign, a supply crisis arose, as the Allies pursued the German army across France and closer to Germany. Due to the destruction of the French rail and road network, and the fierce German defense of the French ports, a supply crisis quickly arose. The American army's outran their supplies. A solution had to be found quickly. Enter the Red Ball Express. All heroes don't wear capes. Some drive trucks.

Author : John Costello
Publisher : Little Brown & Company
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0316739685

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Virtue Under Fire by John Costello Pdf

This survey of life, during World War II examines how women's participation in the armed forces during the war, set the stage for shifts in social and sexual attitudes