Steel Flowers: The Women of the Vietnam War (1964-1975)

An estimated one million women fought in the Vietnam War (1964-1975) in the former South Vietnam. For the first time, we hear their stories in their own voices.

This unique collection of oral histories fills a gap in the history of a war typically told by American and South Vietnamese veterans, mainly men. The Vietnamese women veterans, dehumanized in US war propaganda, deliver a collective condemnation of war in this compelling and balanced account compiled and edited by Sherry Buchanan.

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