Italian Women at War consists of eight articles and an introduction on the topic of Italian women s participation in war and conflict throughout Italy s modern history. Part one of the book focuses on heroines who fought for Italy s Unification and on the anti-heroines or brigantesse, as well, who opposed such a momentous change. Part two considers exceptional individuals, such as Eva Kuhn Amendola, who combatted both with her body and her pen, but also collective female efforts during the world wars, whether military or civilian. In part three, where the context is twentieth-century society,...