Women on War

By Damian Van Denburgh

Whether driving ambulances, reporting on the persecution of Nazi criminals, or waiting for the return of a son, lover, husband, or brother who might be irrevocably damaged, the women writing these books offer insights to aspects of bravery that are sadly neglected in most war literature.

CRITICAL LIST
A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City Anonymous
Eichmann in Jerusalem Hannah Arendt
Testament of Youth Vera Brittain
The War: A Memoir Marguerite Duras
The Balkan Trilogy Olivia Manning
In Country Bobbie Ann Mason
Suite Française Irène Némirovsky
Lark & Termite Jayne Anne Phillips
The Return of the Soldier Rebecca West
Three Guineas Virginia Woolf

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Women on War

A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City

Eichmann in Jerusalem

Testament of Youth

The War: A Memoir

The Balkan Trilogy

In Country

Suite Française

Lark & Termite

The Return of the Soldier

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