British women of the Eastern Front

War, writing and experience in Serbia and Russia, 191420

By (author) Angela K. Smith

Publication date:

01 July 2016

Length of book:

240 pages

Publisher

Manchester University Press

Dimensions:

216x138mm

ISBN-13: 9780719096181

This book explores the experiences of a range of women from the early days of 1914, through the big events of the war on the Eastern Front. Their diaries, letters, memoirs and journalism are used to investigate the extraordinary role played by British women during the fall of Serbia, the Russian Revolution and the final push, and their role in reconstruction following the Armistice. These women, and their writings, are examined through the multiple lenses of gender, nationality, patriotism, imperialism and legacy, but the book also tells the stories of individuals, and will appeal across audiences to students, researchers and general readers. This is the first book to examine the war in the East through the eyes of British women and as such makes an important contribution to First World War Studies.

‘Smith presents an inspiring book, which is the first to be published on the work of British Women focused on the Eastern Front.’
Angelique Leszczawski-Schwerk (Technical University Dresden/Germany), L'Homme. Z.F.G." vol. 29, no. 2/2018