Amazons of Black Sparta: The Women's Regiment of Dahomey by Stanley B. Alpern

Amazons of Black Sparta: The Women's Regiment of Dahomey

Stanley B. Alpern

288 pages • first pub 1998 (view editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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History is rife with tales of fighting women. More often than not, these stories prove more legend than history. Dating back to the amazons of ancient Asia Minor, myths of fierce, autonomous women of martial excellence abound.And yet, the only tho...

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