'Fascinating' BBC History Magazine

'An important contribution to the field of military history' The Times

'Brilliant, perspective-shattering' Bookseller

'Outstanding . . . hard-hitting and evidence-based' Wavell Reviews

From Boudica to Ukraine, battlefields have always included an unexpectedly large number of women. Forgotten Warriors explores the long history of female fighters, highlighting how war became a male-dominated space and why women were allowed to become astronauts a full thirty years before they were permitted to participate in battles. From the Dahomey Mino, the all-female army that protected Dahomey from the West for two hundred years, to the Night Witches, the Soviet pilots who decimated the Nazis; from the true story of Joan of Arc to the soldiers who dressed as men, who were so convincing that their colleagues never realized who was fighting alongside them, Sarah Percy sheds new light on the history of warfare. And against a backdrop of sieges and desperate battles, uprisings and civil wars, a series of extraordinary women come to life in the pages of this book, determined not to be passive victims.

Every country has the tomb of the unknown warrior, choosing an unnamed body to represent the sacrifices of thousands of others. As Forgotten Warriors shows, these underrecognized soldiers could be women. Their heroic and thrilling stories need to be heard.

Pages: 416, Publication Year: 0622, Dimensions: 16.4x16.4cm