Women And Their Warlords

Download Women And Their Warlords full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online Women And Their Warlords ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

Women and Their Warlords

Author : Kate Merkel-Hess
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022683431X
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Women and Their Warlords by : Kate Merkel-Hess

Download or read book Women and Their Warlords written by Kate Merkel-Hess and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2024-08-19 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the complex history and legacy of elite wives, concubines, and daughters of warlords in twentieth-century China. In Women and Their Warlords, historian Kate Merkel-Hess examines the lives and personalities of the female relatives of the military rulers who governed regions of China from 1916 to 1949. Posing for candid photographs and sitting for interviews, these women did not merely advance male rulers’ agendas. They advocated for social and political changes, gave voice to feminist ideas, and shaped how the public perceived them. As the first publicly political partners in modern China, the wives and concubines of Republican-era warlords changed how people viewed elite women’s engagement in politics. Drawing on popular media sources, including magazine profiles and gossip column items, Merkel-Hess draws unexpected connections between militarism, domestic life, and state power in this insightful new account of gender and authority in twentieth-century China.

Women Warlords

Author : Timothy Newark
Publisher : Blandford Press
ISBN 13 : 9780713719659
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (196 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Women Warlords by : Timothy Newark

Download or read book Women Warlords written by Timothy Newark and published by Blandford Press. This book was released on 1989-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveys the history of female military leadership in ancient and medieval warfare

A Woman Among Warlords

Author : Malalai Joya
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439132488
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis A Woman Among Warlords by : Malalai Joya

Download or read book A Woman Among Warlords written by Malalai Joya and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-10-20 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Malalai Joya has been called "the bravest woman in Afghanistan." At a constitutional assembly in Kabul in 2003, she stood up and denounced her country's powerful NATO-backed warlords. She was twenty-five years old. Two years later, she became the youngest person elected to Afghanistan's new Parliament. In 2007, she was suspended from Parliament for her persistent criticism of the warlords and drug barons and their cronies. She has survived four assassination attempts to date, is accompanied at all times by armed guards, and sleeps only in safe houses. Often compared to democratic leaders such as Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi, this extraordinary young woman was raised in the refugee camps of Iran and Pakistan. Inspired in part by her father's activism, Malalai became a teacher in secret girls' schools, holding classes in a series of basements. She hid her books under her burqa so the Taliban couldn't find them. She also helped establish a free medical clinic and orphanage in her impoverished home province of Farah. The endless wars of Afghanistan have created a generation of children without parents. Like so many others who have lost people they care about, Malalai lost one of her orphans when the girl's family members sold her into marriage. While many have talked about the serious plight of women in Afghanistan, Malalai Joya takes us inside the country and shows us the desperate dayto-day situations these remarkable people face at every turn. She recounts some of the many acts of rebellion that are helping to change the country -- the women who bravely take to the streets in peaceful protest against their oppression; the men who step forward and claim "I am her mahram," so the fundamentalists won't punish a woman for walking alone; and the families that give their basements as classrooms for female students. A controversial political figure in one of the most dangerous places on earth, Malalai Joya is a hero for our times, a young woman who refused to be silent, a young woman committed to making a difference in the world, no matter the cost.

Raising My Voice

Author : Malalai Joya
Publisher : Pan Australia
ISBN 13 : 1405039132
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (5 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Raising My Voice by : Malalai Joya

Download or read book Raising My Voice written by Malalai Joya and published by Pan Australia. This book was released on 2009 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Malalai Joya has been described as the bravest woman in the world. As a teenager she worked as a woman's rights activist under the Taliban, running underground classes and clinics in her native Afghanistan that would have resulted in her torture and execution if she'd been caught. After the fall of the Taliban, Malalai was elected as one of the few women to represent her province at the first assembly to frame a new Afghan constitution.Here she dared to speak out against the crimes of the war lords, who - backed by the Americans - now ruled the country. To her their crimes were almost as bad as those of the hated Taliban, yet the West seemed content to support them as part of their Realpolitik approach to Afghanistan - my enemy's enemy is my friend. Her public denunciation resulted in several attempts to assassinate her, and for the last five years she's lived under constant threat, moving from safe house to safe house. It hasn't stopped her speaking out though, and on the back of her courage she was elected to Afghan's first parliament.She represents the voiceless, the oppressed, the victims and the innocents of Afghanistan's endless cycle of violence. She's outspoken, passionate and fearless - an extraordinary woman to emerge from decades of brutal and misogynistic repression. Her book and her voice are set to resonate around the world.

Women Warriors

Author : Pamela D. Toler
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807064327
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Women Warriors by : Pamela D. Toler

Download or read book Women Warriors written by Pamela D. Toler and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who says women don’t go to war? From Vikings and African queens to cross-dressing military doctors and WWII Russian fighter pilots, these are the stories of women for whom battle was not a metaphor. The woman warrior is always cast as an anomaly—Joan of Arc, not GI Jane. But women, it turns out, have always gone to war. In this fascinating and lively world history, Pamela Toler not only introduces us to women who took up arms, she also shows why they did it and what happened when they stepped out of their traditional female roles to take on other identities. These are the stories of women who fought because they wanted to, because they had to, or because they could. Among the warriors you’ll meet are: * Tomyris, ruler of the Massagetae, who killed Cyrus the Great of Persia when he sought to invade her lands * The West African ruler Amina of Hausa, who led her warriors in a campaign of territorial expansion for more than 30 years * Boudica, who led the Celtic tribes of Britain into a massive rebellion against the Roman Empire to avenge the rapes of her daughters * The Trung sisters, Trung Trac and Trung Nhi, who led an untrained army of 80,000 troops to drive the Chinese empire out of Vietnam * The Joshigun, a group of 30 combat-trained Japanese women who fought against the forces of the Meiji emperor in the late 19th century * Lakshmi Bai, Rani of Jhansi, who was regarded as the “bravest and best” military leader in the 1857 Indian Mutiny against British rule * Maria Bochkareva, who commanded Russia’s first all-female battalion—the First Women’s Battalion of Death—during WWII * Buffalo Calf Road Woman, the Cheyenne warrior who knocked General Custer off his horse at the Battle of Little Bighorn * Juana Azurduy de Padilla, a mestiza warrior who fought in at least 16 major battles against colonizers of Latin America and who is a national hero in Bolivia and Argentina today * And many more spanning from ancient times through the 20th century. By considering the ways in which their presence has been erased from history, Toler reveals that women have always fought—not in spite of being women but because they are women.

Fred Barton and the Warlords' Horses of China

Author : Larry Weirather
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476620792
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Fred Barton and the Warlords' Horses of China by : Larry Weirather

Download or read book Fred Barton and the Warlords' Horses of China written by Larry Weirather and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-11-18 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the years before World War I, Montana cowboy Fred Barton was employed by Czar Nicholas II to help establish a horse ranch--the largest in the world--in Siberia to supply the Russian military. Barton later assembled a group of American rodeo stars and drove horses across Mongolia for the war-lords of northern China, creating a 250,000 acre ranch in Shanxi Province. Along the way, Barton became part of an unofficial U.S. intelligence network in the Far East, bred a new type of horse from Russian, Mongolian and American stock and promoted the lifestyle of the open range cowboy. Returning to America, he married one of the wealthiest widows in the Southwest and hobnobbed with Western film stars at a time when Hollywood was constructing the modern myth of the Old West, just as open range cowboy life was disappearing.

The Warlord's Wife

Author : Sandra Lake
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698187180
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Warlord's Wife by : Sandra Lake

Download or read book The Warlord's Wife written by Sandra Lake and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning historical romance from debut author Sandra Lake transports readers to 12th century Sweden, where a powerful Viking lord will discover a fierce heart cannot be taken by mere force. Lida was married to the love of her life for just two months when she became a widow. Pregnant and disowned by her late husband’s family for suspected infidelity, she was forced to return to her family in shame. Eight years later, uninterested in the prospect of finding another husband, she finds herself the unwilling object of a marriage contract with a powerful warlord. In a day, she is wed, bed, and put on a ship headed for Tronscar; an unknown icy stone and steel fortress. Jarl Magnus is pleased to have taken a strong wife who, however stubborn she may be, will surely produce sons. However, he is less pleased with his wife’s additional baggage—a young daughter. But despite himself, Magnus falls for the daughter just as hard as the mother, and Lida’s heart is warmed to see the cold, serious Jarl move surprisingly fast into the role of stepfather. When enemies attack Tronscar, Jarl Magnus’s nerves of steel waver, as the warrior fears his love for Lida will weaken him. But when his family is threatened, he’ll go to war to protect them, discovering along the way that they have the strength to protect themselves. “With compelling characters and a clever plot, The Warlord’s Wife will appeal to readers obsessed with TV’s Vikings, and who miss the classic Viking romances of Catherine Coulter or Johanna Lindsey.”—Heroes and Heartbreakers “Lake’s debut historical romance is sure to appeal to those who enjoy spirited heroines, grumpy alpha heroes, and a slow sweet journey to everlasting love.”—Smexy Books “Man, this was a fun book! … I cut my teeth on Johanna Lindsey, and this book reminded me so much of those experiences.”—Dear Author Sandra Lake lives with her husband and son in Quebec, Canada. The Warlord’s Wife is her debut novel.

Swimming with Warlords

Author : Kevin Sites
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062339427
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (623 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Swimming with Warlords by : Kevin Sites

Download or read book Swimming with Warlords written by Kevin Sites and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The veteran journalist and author of In the Hot Zone and The Things They Cannot Say explores the impact of more than a decade of war on Afghanistan, from the American invasion after 9/11 to today, and offers insights into its future and the possible consequences for the U.S. Kevin Sites made his first trip to Afghanistan in October 2001, staying 100 days to cover the U.S. invasion for NBC News. On his fifth trip to the country in June 2013, Sites retraced that first odyssey, contemplating the significant events of his original trip to explore what, if anything, has changed. He interviewed warlords, ex-Taliban fighters, politicians, women cops and dentists, farmers, drug addicts, international aid workers, diplomats, and military personnel. In Swimming with Warlords, Sites examines Afghanistan today through the prism of those two parallel journeys, exploring that nation’s past and considering its future in light of the drawdown of U.S. troops. As he tells the stories of the people he met—how they have been affected by this conflict that has cost billions of dollars and thousands of lives—Sites provides a fresh perspective on Afghanistan and America’s role there. Swimming with Warlords contains 30 black-and-white photos throughout.

Listening to the Silences: Women and War

Author : Helen Durham
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047407431
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Listening to the Silences: Women and War by : Helen Durham

Download or read book Listening to the Silences: Women and War written by Helen Durham and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2005-06-01 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenging the perception that women are exclusively the victims, the caregivers or the passive supporters of men in times of armed conflict, Listening to the Silences: Women and War exposes the reader to a diversity of women’s voices. These voices, both personal and academic, demonstrate that women are increasingly taking on less ‘traditional’ roles during war, and that these roles are multifaceted, complicated and sometimes contradictory. The experiences of a judge, forensic anthropologist, survivor of sexual slavery, soldier, activist, journalist, humanitarian worker and others provide the reader with the opportunity to consider the depth of women’s involvement in armed conflict. Their voices highlight the fact that the international community at large has historically failed to listen to women, even as they have tried to tell their own individual tales of horror, heroism, courage, devastation, betrayal, violence and integrity during armed conflict. Concurrently the book examines in detail the legal infrastructure in this area, including debates on the adequacy of international law; developments in jurisprudence and the implementation of international resolutions. This book reveals that responses to women’s requirements during times of war will continue to be inadequate so long as we persist in silencing these differing perspectives and fail to take account of women’s dynamic and changing needs during war. Listening to the Silences: Women and War is a collection of women’s voices, each of which makes a unique contribution to a topic that is gathering international momentum and interest. The perspectives of these women greatly enhance our understanding of the gendered dimensions of armed conflict - they help to move the discourse beyond silence and towards inclusion, greater understanding and peace.

A Galaxy of Immortal Women

Author : Brian Griffith
Publisher : Exterminating Angel Press
ISBN 13 : 1935259148
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (352 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis A Galaxy of Immortal Women by : Brian Griffith

Download or read book A Galaxy of Immortal Women written by Brian Griffith and published by Exterminating Angel Press. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goddess tradition remakes China and the world.

To Stop a Warlord

Author : Shannon Sedgwick Davis
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0812995929
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis To Stop a Warlord by : Shannon Sedgwick Davis

Download or read book To Stop a Warlord written by Shannon Sedgwick Davis and published by Random House. This book was released on 2019 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Human rights lawyer Shannon Sedgwick Davis runs the Bridgeway Foundation, whose stated mission is to end mass atrocities around the world. When she spoke to survivors of warlord Joseph Kony's brutal attacks across Central Africa, she knew she would fight to ensure every mother there had the right that she had, to sing their children to sleep at night and trust that they will be safe til morning. When nations had failed to shield families in danger, she'd come to hire a private army to protect them. Millions had been affected by the violence of the Lord's Resistance Army, led by Kony, including tens of thousands of children who had been abducted from their homes, swept into the jungles and forced to become child soldiers, never to be seen again. Guided by her faith and driven by her moral responsibility as an activist, Davis pushed tirelessly for intervention, using every contact she had in Washington, to the highest levels of the State Department--but since it wouldn't serve our national interests, the issue languished. Davis's efforts to report on the conflict and help survivors were valuable--but they were putting band-aids on bulletholes. Davis realized that to truly stand by Bridgeway's mission, they would have to become the ones they were waiting for. Davis knew she had to act, but this was uncharted territory and she feared that hiring a private army to stop the LRA might lead to more chaos. The decision weighed heavily on her heart, but when she spoke to her mentor Archbishop Desmond Tutu, he took her hand, and told her to put her fears to rest"--

The Warlord's Last Stand

Author : Gary T Brideau
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (694 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Warlord's Last Stand by : Gary T Brideau

Download or read book The Warlord's Last Stand written by Gary T Brideau and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2024-04-22 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cruise ship crash lands on the mad planet of Kylee, but the captain's plea for help goes unnoticed because no one but no one will rescue them because of fear of the planet. Thor then lists the help of The Cave Jumpers, a team of five women willing to go to the surface and rescue the crew. However, when they get there is no crew, and it's a trap because a sleeper cell from the warlord is looking for a chance to attack the Planetary Alliance.

Women Warriors and Wartime Spies of China

Author : Louise Edwards
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107146038
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Women Warriors and Wartime Spies of China by : Louise Edwards

Download or read book Women Warriors and Wartime Spies of China written by Louise Edwards and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-07 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores China's most famous women warriors and wartime spies, shedding new light on the relationship between gender and militarisation.

Afghan Women

Author : Elaheh Rostami-Povey
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1848135998
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (481 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Afghan Women by : Elaheh Rostami-Povey

Download or read book Afghan Women written by Elaheh Rostami-Povey and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through years of Taliban oppression, during the US-led invasion and the current insurgency, women in Afghanistan have played a hugely symbolic role. This book looks at how women have fought repression and challenged stereotypes, both within Afghanistan and in diasporas in Iran, Pakistan, the US and the UK. Looking at issues from violence under the Taliban and the impact of 9/11 to the role of NGOs and the growth in the opium economy, Rostami-Povey gets behind the media hype and presents a vibrant and diverse picture of these women's lives. The future of women's rights in Afghanistan, she argues, depends not only on overcoming local male domination, but also on challenging imperial domination and blurring the growing divide between the West and the Muslim world. Ultimately, these global dynamics may pose a greater threat to the freedom and autonomy of women in Afghanistan and throughout the world.

The Missing Girls and Women of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan

Author : Hua-Lun Huang
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786488344
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Missing Girls and Women of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan by : Hua-Lun Huang

Download or read book The Missing Girls and Women of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan written by Hua-Lun Huang and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past century, tens of millions of women and girls have disappeared in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. There are many reasons: the women variously were sold as "foreign spouses"; imprisoned for their political beliefs; taken to night clubs or massage parlors to work as "escorts"; provided as "comfort women" to soldiers; or murdered by female corpse dealers and sold as "ghost brides" to families looking to give their deceased sons wives in the afterlife. The youngest girls fell victim to infanticide, the tragic result of a "one child" law in a male-dominated society. As a result of the gender imbalance these disappearances created, countless young males now suffer from the "marriage squeeze," remaining single without families of their own. This sociological study explores the institutional factors, develops a typology for these populations, and lays a foundation for the examination of lost populations in the future.

Warlord

Author : Elizabeth Vaughan
Publisher : Tor Paranormal Romance
ISBN 13 : 1429990732
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Warlord by : Elizabeth Vaughan

Download or read book Warlord written by Elizabeth Vaughan and published by Tor Paranormal Romance. This book was released on 2007-03-06 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lara of Xy and her Warlord, Keir of the Cat, have been through much together. Lara abandoned her lands and people for love of him. She adopted his ways and learned of his tribe. Together they have faced plague and insurgency -- and despite these struggles, they have known happiness and joy. Now they face their most arduous task: Keir must take Lara into the Heart of the Plains, and introduce her as the Warprize to the warrior-priests. She must be tested--questioned, examined, watched--and must find favor with the warrior-priests and the tribe's elders before they will confirm her as a true Warprize. But in Lara's heart there are doubts--for what if she is found wanting? Will Keir give up everything he knows to be with his Warprize? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Women of Power

Author : Torild Skard
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1447315804
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Women of Power by : Torild Skard

Download or read book Women of Power written by Torild Skard and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2015-03-09 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a time when a woman--Angela Merkel--is arguably the most powerful leader in Europe and another--Hilary Clinton--continues to be at the center of the US political stage, it seems that women have broken through the glass ceiling and begun to populate the highest offices of the political world. Women of Power is a testament to that accomplishment, offering the most comprehensive overview of female presidents and prime ministers to date. Looking at over fifty countries and over seventy women leaders since 1960, Torild Skard--herself an experienced politician--examines how and why these women rose to the top and what their leadership has meant for women's empowerment throughout the latter half of the twentieth century. Skard examines the achievements and life stories of the world's female leaders up to the current era. She offers nuanced portraits that draw on a number of materials, including many interviews that she conducted herself. All of the women discussed are organized by both chronology and geography, and Skard includes a number of helpful chapters that provide an overview and assessment of how different women leaders have come to power in different regions. Overall the book provides a fascinating account of women's empowerment as it has manifested itself at the very top of the political hierarchy.