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Our Bodies, Their Battlefield: What War Does to Women by Christina Lamb (Hardcover, 2020)
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2020 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2021 A Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2020 'A wake-up call ... These women's stories will make you weep, and then rage at the world's indifference.' Amal Clooney From award-winning war reporter and co-author of I Am Malala, this is the first major account to address the scale of rape and sexual violence in modern conflict. Christina Lamb has worked in war and combat zones for over thirty years. In Our Bodies, Their Battlefield she gives voice to the women of conflicts, exposing how in today's warfare, rape is used by armies, terrorists and militias as a weapon to humiliate, oppress and carry out ethnic cleansing. Speaking to survivors first-hand, Lamb encounters the suffering and bravery of women in war and meets those fighting for justice. From Southeast Asia where 'comfort women' were enslaved by the Japanese during World War Two to the Rwandan genocide, when an estimated quarter of a million women were raped, to the Yazidi women and children of today who witnessed the mass murder of their families before being enslaved by ISIS. Along the way Lamb uncovers incredible stories of heroism and resistance, including the Bosnian women who have hunted down more than a hundred war criminals, the Aleppo beekeeper rescuing Yazidis and the Congolese doctor who has risked his life to treat more rape victims than anyone else on earth. Rape may be as old as war but it is a preventable crime. Bearing witness does not guarantee it won't happen again, but it can take away any excuse that the world simply didn't know.Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-139780008300005
eBay Product ID (ePID)3046561140
Product Key Features
Book TitleOur Bodies, Their Battlefield: What War Does to Women
AuthorChristina Lamb
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicGovernment
Publication Year2020
TypeTextbook
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Number of Pages432 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height240mm
Item Width159mm
Item Weight650 g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorChristina Lamb
Topic AreaSexual Abuse
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 05 Apr, 2022
TELLS IT LIKE IT IS.
A harrowing, I would say excruciating read but one we Alt should read, especially men. We all need to be informed of this parlous situation, one that should never be in an humane and equal world. Christina Lamb;s interviews with women who have been beaten, continually raped ad enslaved by their brutal captors are frank, deeply shocking, moving, and so horrendous Men need to look at their attitudes to women and change. Patriarchal attitudes and contempt for the female sex is all too prevalent all over the world. As I was reading, I thought, ye, 'ME TOO,' only much, much worse. READ IT AND CHANGE!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 11 Jun, 2021
This book needs reading
Best of its kindVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 06 May, 2020
Hard truth
Very honest book with some compelling reading.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 22 Dec, 2023
Excellent
Truthfully shockingVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 17 Dec, 2023
A classic
Informative and eruditeVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
