History is reticent about women who were common soldiers, who bore arms, belonged to regiments, and took part in battles on the same terms as men, though hardly a war has been waged without women soldiers in the ranks.

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Stieg Larsson was a 20th-century Swedish writer, journalist, and activist. Karl Stig-Erland "Stieg" Larsson was a Swedish writer, journalist, and far-left activist. He is best known for writing the first trilogy in the Millennium series of crime novels, which was published posthumously, starting in 2005, after he died of a sudden heart attack. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • War — Reflections on conflict, peace, and the human cost of war

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