When the War Was Over: Women, War, and Peace in Europe, 1940-1956

by Irene Bandhauer-Schoffmann (Editor), Claire Duchen (Editor)

Popular images of post-war women represent them welcoming home the soldiers, but this volume asks, "What happened next?"The contributors use a range of methodological approaches to encourage the reader to question traditional historiography, the nature of the historical evidence, the process of memory, and the disparities between official discourse and personal narrative, and between written, visual and oral accounts.

274 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2000

Reviews

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Like many edited collections the chapters in this book are varied in their quality, a measure that is often heavily influenced by your own interests and purpose for reading. Overall I learnt something and a number of contributors provided me with thought provoking content.