A Chorus of Stones: The Private Life of War
- ISBN-10
- 038541885X
- ISBN-13
- 9780385418850
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 363
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- Anchor
- Author
- Susan Griffin
Description
Written by one of America's most innovative and articulate feminists, this book illustrates how childhood experience, gender and sexuality, private aspirations, and public personae all assume undeniable roles in the causes and effects of war.
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