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Author:

Krylova, Anna.

Title:

Soviet women in combat : a history of violence on the Eastern Front / Anna Krylova.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xvi, 320 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945--Soviet Union.
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Eastern Front.
Women soldiers--Soviet Union--History.
Soviet Union.--Raboche-Krestʹi͡anskai͡a Krasnai͡a Armii͡a--History--World War, 1939-1945.
Women and war--Soviet Union--History.
Women and the military--Soviet Union--History.
Sex role--Soviet Union--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-313) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: The woman veteran as a World War II memoirist -- pt. 1. Before the front, 1930s -- A portrait of a young woman as the citizen soldier -- pt. 2. On the way to the front, 1941-1945 -- "And this is exactly who we are--soldiers!" : women volunteers, local authorities, and the Stalinist government in 1941 -- The exceptional mobilization of 1941 : the making of a female combat collective by state order -- New gender landscapes for the Army : from grassroots enlistments to the state-run mobilizations of 1942-1945 -- pt. 3. At the front, 1941-1945 -- Partners in violence : the woman soldier and the machine in the 1941 trenches -- "To be a woman-commander--that was great!" : remechanizing and regendering in the Red Army, 1942-1945 -- Bonded by combat : women and men sharing violence, authority, and romance in mechanized warfare, 1942-1945 -- Conclusion -- Appendix.

ISBN:

0521197341 (alk. paper)
9780521197342 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)456728934

LCCN:

2009040513

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)