What soldiers do : sex and the American GI in World War II France
Roberts, Mary Louise2013
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Drawing on an incredible range of sources, including news reports, propaganda, and training materials, official planning documents, wartime diaries, and memoirs, Roberts tells the fascinating and troubling story of how the US military command systematically spread - and then exploited - the myth of French women as sexually experienced and available.
Main title:
What soldiers do : sex and the American GI in World War II France / Mary Louise Roberts.
Author:
Roberts, Mary Louise, author
Imprint:
Chicago, Illinois : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.Chicago, Illinois : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Collation:
352 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780226923093 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.531
Language:
English
Subject:
United States. Army -- Officers -- Sexual behavior -- France -- History -- 20th centurySoldiers -- Sexual behavior -- Political aspects -- United StatesWorld War, 1939-1945 -- FranceWorld War, 1939-1945 -- United StatesSoldiers -- United States -- AttitudesSex -- FranceUnited States -- Foreign relations -- FranceFrance -- Foreign relations -- United States
BRN:
1046382
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