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What soldiers do : sex and the American GI in World War II France / Mary Louise Roberts.

What soldiers do : sex and the American GI in World War...

What soldiers do : sex and the American GI in World War II France / Mary Louise Roberts.

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What soldiers do : sex and the American GI in World War II France / Mary Louise Roberts.

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Full title

What soldiers do : sex and the American GI in World War II France / Mary Louise Roberts.

Publisher

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2013.

Call Numbers

G 2014/5740

Record Identifier

74VKJzmWdkOM

MMS ID

991022162799702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

xi, 351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Contents

Romance -- Soldier, liberator, tourist -- The myth of the manly GI -- Masters in their house -- Prostitution -- Amerilots and harlots -- The silver foxhole -- Dangerous indiscretions -- Rape -- The innocent suffer -- Black terror on the bocage -- Conclusion: two victory days.

Publication information

Publisher

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2013.

Place of Publication

Illinois

Date Published

2013.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

How do you convince men to charge across heavily mined beaches into deadly machine-gun fire? If you're the US Army in 1944, one of your approaches is dangling the lure of beautiful French women, ready to reward their liberators in oh so many ways. Roberts tells the troubling story of how the US military command exploited the myth of French women as...

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Full title

What soldiers do : sex and the American GI in World War II France / Mary Louise Roberts.

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Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-340) and index.

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

G 2014/5740

Record Identifier

74VKJzmWdkOM

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKJzmWdkOM

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ISBN

0226923118 (pbk.)

9780226923093 (cloth : alkaline paper)

0226923096 (cloth : alkaline paper)

9780226923116 (pbk.)

DDC

940.53/1

MMS ID

991022162799702626

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