War tends to be associated with heroism and glory of the males who fought in the battles. In the past few years there have been a “memory boom” in the historical field of war. Jay Winter defines the “memory war” through understand why there has been a need to write down more about history. The topic of women in warfare has not had many written works on it, but there needs to be because of how important it is to know about the missing gap in history about women and war. Without filling in the gap, the stories of women nations’ history are not complete and the stories need to complete. Each nation chooses to remember wars differently and often leave out the vital role women played in the nations’ past. Karen Turner, Even the Women Must Fight
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The oral stories addressed in the book are about the bravery of women who kept the Ho Chi Minh trail and the Dragon Jaw Bridge open so that supplies could be moved during the war. Turner brings to light the struggles the women went through during the wars. The author was able to share the oral stories to show how the traditional role of men and women’s change as wars went on and also what made the women join the fight against the Americans. Turners’ goals of this book include, “I want to bring to the foreground women’s personal experiences… Second, I hope to show that when women enter Vietnam’s military history, boundaries shift… Third Vietnamese case adds important insight into timeless moral and philosophical questions about war” (pages 20-21). Through these goals Turner is able to fill in the gaps in history about the women in the Vietnam …show more content…
She is able to explain the oral stories for the reader is inserted in the book. The weakness of this book is that Turner only focuses on the side of the North Vietnamese women in the war and has no interviews of women from the South. Also, at some points in the books, it is hard to follow some of the points she is trying to make. Overall, this book is a great read and opens the eyes of the reader to an untold story of hardships and struggles. Turner is respectful to the culture of Vietnamese people throughout her book and she is about to address why this importance of this topic. Yes, it is important to understanding a forgotten history of gender during
The oral stories addressed in the book are about the bravery of women who kept the Ho Chi Minh trail and the Dragon Jaw Bridge open so that supplies could be moved during the war. Turner brings to light the struggles the women went through during the wars. The author was able to share the oral stories to show how the traditional role of men and women’s change as wars went on and also what made the women join the fight against the Americans. Turners’ goals of this book include, “I want to bring to the foreground women’s personal experiences… Second, I hope to show that when women enter Vietnam’s military history, boundaries shift… Third Vietnamese case adds important insight into timeless moral and philosophical questions about war” (pages 20-21). Through these goals Turner is able to fill in the gaps in history about the women in the Vietnam …show more content…
She is able to explain the oral stories for the reader is inserted in the book. The weakness of this book is that Turner only focuses on the side of the North Vietnamese women in the war and has no interviews of women from the South. Also, at some points in the books, it is hard to follow some of the points she is trying to make. Overall, this book is a great read and opens the eyes of the reader to an untold story of hardships and struggles. Turner is respectful to the culture of Vietnamese people throughout her book and she is about to address why this importance of this topic. Yes, it is important to understanding a forgotten history of gender during