Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-215) and index.
Through a hairnet : mothers, warriors, and the nation -- War's people : through a woman's lens -- Broken promises : the lives of a militiawoman -- A bombshell for a vase : leaving home to save home -- Shovels, hoes, and guns : women on the Ho Chi Minh trail -- Only soldiers : women and men in war -- Only women : maternal soldiers -- Picking up the pieces : going home -- A rice meal without rice : the costs of war -- Epilogue: women's worries.
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Through oral history, private letters and diaries, and poetry, Karen Turner explores the crucial role North Vietnamese women played as valiant soldiers, the personal sacrifice and loss they suffered, and the enduring political and social influences their war roles have come to exert on their own lives and the lives of their daughters.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975-- Women, Interviews.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Personal narratives, North Vietnamese.