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One Woman Holds a Torch for the Three Women Who Kicked Down the Door to War

You Don't Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War by Elizabeth Becker

January 31, 2021 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

My master’s adviser at the University of Washington had rejected my thesis on the Bangladesh War of Independence after I refused to sleep with him. He said the one was not related to the other but would welcome having an affair if I changed my mind. That infuriating fact  introduces us to Elizabeth Becker. Becker is no stranger to reporting; she has covered revolution, war, and genocide all over the world. She has won many prizes for her work, including (but not limited to the) […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: ARC, camodia, Catherine Leroy, Elizabeth Becker, Fire in the Lake, Frances FitzGerald, Kate Webb, khmer rouge, Laos, military history, NetGalley, On the Other Side: 23 Days with the Viet Cong, photography, Photojournalism, ptsd, PublicAffairs Publishing, sexism, trauma, Under Fire: Great Photographers and Writers in Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam war, war, war reporting, Women in war

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR13 Review No:18 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: ARC, camodia, Catherine Leroy, Elizabeth Becker, Fire in the Lake, Frances FitzGerald, Kate Webb, khmer rouge, Laos, military history, NetGalley, On the Other Side: 23 Days with the Viet Cong, photography, Photojournalism, ptsd, PublicAffairs Publishing, sexism, trauma, Under Fire: Great Photographers and Writers in Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam war, war, war reporting, Women in war ·
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