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These women more than a million in total were nurses and doctors, pilots, tank drivers, machinegunners, and snipers. Enjoy this book on your ereader and in the format you prefer. The unwomanly face of war by svetlana alexievich, 9780141983523, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. More than 200 women speak in it, describing how young girls, who dreamed of. In the unwomanly face of war, alexievich chronicles the experiences of the soviet women who fought on the front lines, on the home front, and in the occupied territories. For more than three decades, svetlana alexievich has been the memory and conscience of the twentieth century. This book is a confession, a document and a record of peopl.
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