I Am Not Afraid of Looking into the Rifles: Women of the Resistance in World War One
Author: Rick Stroud
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Price: Rs 699
Pages: 306
In the 21st century, many countries have started admitting women into the military in combat roles as fighter pilots and frontline soldiers in grudging recognition of their capabilities and courage. Before that, women in modern wartime played supporting roles as nurses, doctors, ambulance drivers and secretarial services at command headquarters on the battlefield and in keeping factories and the home front running behind it (guerrilla movements were, of course, the
