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A review by poppymonster
The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II by Svetlana Alexiévich
5.0
This book was such a terrible and beautiful look into the minds of hundreds of women who served in the Red Army during WW2. I did the audiobook edition and the narrators were absolutely spectacular.
I had to take breaks over the 5 days I read it because it was the unfiltered realities of war and is hard to learn. In the US, we barely learn about the large part the Soviet Union played in the war, let alone what it was like to be in their military - especially as a woman. Especially because the US is STILL getting pushback on women being in the military. Yet women were on the front lines in the Red Army in 1941.
Highly recommend!
I had to take breaks over the 5 days I read it because it was the unfiltered realities of war and is hard to learn. In the US, we barely learn about the large part the Soviet Union played in the war, let alone what it was like to be in their military - especially as a woman. Especially because the US is STILL getting pushback on women being in the military. Yet women were on the front lines in the Red Army in 1941.
Highly recommend!