Nyob rau hauv lub Unwomanly Face of War, Alexievich chronicles cov kev paub ntawm lub Soviet cov poj niam uas tawm tsam nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej kab, nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm lub tsev, thiab nyob rau hauv lub teb chaws nyob. Cov poj niam no - ntau tshaj li ib lab nyob rau hauv tag nrho - yog cov kws saib xyuas neeg mob thiab kws kho mob, pilots, tank tsav tsheb, tshuab rab phom, thiab snipers. Lawv sib ntaus sib tua nrog cov txiv neej, thiab tseem, tom qab yeej, lawv cov dag zog thiab kev txi raug tsis nco qab lawm.
