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 II France / Mary Louise Roberts.
What soldiers do : sex and the American GI in World War II France / Mary Louise Roberts.
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Publisher
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2013.
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G 2014/5740
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Language
English
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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.
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Publisher
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
2013.
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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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What soldiers do : sex and the American GI in World War II France / Mary Louise Roberts.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-340) and index.
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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
