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War is said to define men’s lives, their memories permanently cast in categories marked “before” or “after” the war. Scars, both physical and emotiona are totems to courage and vulnerability, irrevocably revealing the unspoken partnership between man and war. Monuments are erected to fallen warriors. Veterans are venerated. In the context of history, wars have defined turning points in time, delineated eras and redefined civilizations.
But what of the women who do not fight while their men go to war? What is the impact of war on the lives of the wives and daughters, mothers and sisters, who are nonetheless caught in the crossfire?
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