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West
Indian Women at War documents the hitherto unrecorded contribution made by West
Indian women in the British forces during the Second World War. Based on original
research and interviews, the book charts the obstacles placed in the way of the
recruitment of black women by a very reluctant war office.
The documentary
evidence of British racism uncovered by the authors makes compelling reading.
But the women interviewed in this book are inspirational; they emerge as doughty
fighters, as capable of taking on the war office as they were of joining the battle
against Hitler.
'An illuminating book' Everywoman
'Packed
with tales of heroism and determination' The Voice