- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd; 1st Edition edition (1 Sep 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340820594
- ISBN-13: 978-0340820599
- Product Dimensions: 24.8 x 19.2 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 733,062 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Corsets to Camouflage: Women and War
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The Oldie
'an engrossing history, and far more than a sartorial survey'
Ian McIntyre, The Times
'the paciest and most entertaining history book to come my way.'
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I feel that this book could be easily adopted as a reference book for schools, as an historic record with social commentary this could both raise questions whilst helping provide answers. Easy reading even for today's youth. I placed this in my 'Text book for bedtime' catagory.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is an entertaining and well written book about the role of women in a war situation from Victorian times to the present day. Miss Adie does not bore the reader with to many statistics but tells the reader entertaining and (occasionally) enlightening stories about the women who made and make it to the battlefield.
She does not glamourize these women but neither does she patronize them. The details she provides are brief but telling and will undoubtedly leave many readers wanting to know more about some if not all of these doughty females.
This book is not a hagiography, it is a straight-forward retaling of the exploits of some very remarkable women and is also an entertaining read. It does not talk down to its readership and assumes that if you are interested enough to wish to read about this subject then you are grown up enough not to be spoon fed with politically correct language and euphemisms, which is a refreshing change.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
An odd mixture of social history and study of fashion. She seemed to spend a disproportionate amount of the book comparing the stockings of the WAAF with those of the AAC, but overall a fascinating look at women on and near the battlefield. The style is oddly disjointed - three consecutive chapters all cover the same period and any could be substituted for the other, they don't really make a coherent whole. I found the most interesting part was the final chapter which looks as the author's own experiences in the first Gulf War and around the world as a war correspondent. Food for much thought - covering both the problems suffered by women in a male-dominated environment and the glory they have gained. No solutions but an interesting history.
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