Reviews
"An engrossing read that will appeal to anyone interested in military history, Russian history, or the experience of women in war." -- Reina Pennington, "The first comprehensive study of the first systematic mobilization of women for war by a modern government."SEER "Stoff has conducted] meticulous and wide-ranging research and makes excellent use of women soldiersmemoirs and reports about their motivations and experiences. . . . An excellent book and a useful resource for those interested in the First World War, the revolutionary period, and womens history. It provides a gripping and detailed account of womens involvement in the war and the reactions to it."Revolutionary Russia "Drawing extensively on the relevant archives, her work provides an important gendered dimension to understandings of the Revolutions impact on the Russian military."Journal of Slavic Military Studies "Stoff tells the story of Russian women soldierspath-breaking participation in World War I. Although women have long taken up arms, usually individually and disguised as men, the Russian experience was unique in the number who enlisted as women (over 6,000 according to Stoff); official support, however ambivalent; the creation of all female units; and the women soldier's high public profile. The book [is] engagingly written and very well illustrated . . . This first full-length scholarly study of the subject should be of considerable interest to historians of women in Russia and in war and is a significant addition to the literature on Russia and World War I."Slavic Review, An outstanding and gracefully written contribution to womens military studies and to the military history of World War I.Linda Grant DePauw , author of Battle Cries and Lullabies: Women in War from Prehistory to the Present An important book that pulls together scattered fragments of an epic story long understudied and often misunderstood.Richard Stites , author of The Womens Liberation Movement in Russia An engrossing read that will appeal to anyone interested in military history, Russian history, or the experience of women in war.Reina Pennington , author of Wings, Women, and War: Soviet Airwomen in World War II Combat, "An outstanding and gracefully written contribution to women's military studies and to the military history of World War I."- Linda Grant DePauw , author of Battle Cries and Lullabies: Women in War from Prehistory to the Present "An important book that pulls together scattered fragments of an epic story long understudied and often misunderstood."- Richard Stites , author of The Women's Liberation Movement in Russia "An engrossing read that will appeal to anyone interested in military history, Russian history, or the experience of women in war."- Reina Pennington , author of Wings, Women, and War: Soviet Airwomen in World War II Combat, An outstanding and gracefully written contribution to women's military studies and to the military history of World War I.-- Linda Grant DePauw , author of Battle Cries and Lullabies: Women in War from Prehistory to the Present An important book that pulls together scattered fragments of an epic story long understudied and often misunderstood.-- Richard Stites , author of The Women's Liberation Movement in Russia An engrossing read that will appeal to anyone interested in military history, Russian history, or the experience of women in war.-- Reina Pennington , author of Wings, Women, and War: Soviet Airwomen in World War II Combat, "An outstanding and gracefully written contribution to women's military studies and to the military history of World War I."-- Linda Grant DePauw , author of Battle Cries and Lullabies: Women in War from Prehistory to the Present "An important book that pulls together scattered fragments of an epic story long understudied and often misunderstood."-- Richard Stites , author of The Women's Liberation Movement in Russia "An engrossing read that will appeal to anyone interested in military history, Russian history, or the experience of women in war."-- Reina Pennington , author of Wings, Women, and War: Soviet Airwomen in World War II Combat, "An outstanding and gracefully written contribution to women's military studies and to the military history of World War I." -- Linda Grant DePauw, "An important book that pulls together scattered fragments of an epic story long understudied and often misunderstood." -- Richard Stites, "The first comprehensive study of the first systematic mobilization of women for war by a modern government."-- SEER "Stoff has conducted] meticulous and wide-ranging research and makes excellent use of women soldiers' memoirs and reports about their motivations and experiences. . . . An excellent book and a useful resource for those interested in the First World War, the revolutionary period, and women's history. It provides a gripping and detailed account of women's involvement in the war and the reactions to it."-- Revolutionary Russia "Drawing extensively on the relevant archives, her work provides an important gendered dimension to understandings of the Revolution's impact on the Russian military."-- Journal of Slavic Military Studies "Stoff tells the story of Russian women soldiers' path-breaking participation in World War I. Although women have long taken up arms, usually individually and disguised as men, the Russian experience was unique in the number who enlisted as women (over 6,000 according to Stoff); official support, however ambivalent; the creation of all female units; and the women soldier's high public profile. The book [is] engagingly written and very well illustrated . . . This first full-length scholarly study of the subject should be of considerable interest to historians of women in Russia and in war and is a significant addition to the literature on Russia and World War I."-- Slavic Review
