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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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Man’s Greatest Mistake is Underestimating Women

Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy by Karen Abbott

December 17, 2019 by Ale Leave a Comment

While the title and the cover art would have one presuming this was some terrible historical romance novel, Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy is actually an amazingly researched, heavily detailed historical non-fiction about four women’s contributions to the outcome of the American Civil War.  The book follows two unionists, Emma Edmonds (aka Frank Thompson) and Elizabeth Van Lew, and two secessionists, Belle Boyd and Rose Greenhow, through the five years of the war, along with a summation of their lives after the war ends as well. The […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: civil war, herstory, historical females, karen abbott, spies, women in history, Women in war

Ale's CBR11 Review No:42 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: civil war, herstory, historical females, karen abbott, spies, women in history, Women in war ·
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