Naše těla, jejich bojiště - Příběhy žen z války – Lamb Christina (2024)

A gripping report on one of the most brutal weapons of war — sex ***** War affects everyone. However, it strikes the weakest and most vulnerable particularly cruelly and harshly. Not only in its indirect consequences but rather intentionally and with a clear aim to morally and humanly dismantle, intimidate, humiliate, or even exterminate entire segments of the population. We are talking about rape and other forms of sexual violence that armies, militias, and terrorist groups around the world use as strategic weapons. ***** Renowned British journalist Christina Lamb has been covering war conflicts as a reporter for over three decades. She has interviewed women who were imprisoned by the Japanese for "pleasure" during World War II. Women who experienced sexual torture by the Argentine junta in 1976. Women who were raped by Burmese soldiers during the Rohingya genocide in 2017. Women who fell into the hands of Boko Haram or ISIS. Women who captured war criminals from Bosnia. In her book Our Bodies, Their Battleground, Lamb tells stories of horror, suffering, and heroism while also highlighting a often overlooked yet all the more terrifying aspect of war.