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What soldiers do : sex and the American GI in World War II France
- Title
- What soldiers do : sex and the American GI in World War II France / Mary Louise Roberts.
- Author
- Roberts, Mary Louise
- Publication
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2013.
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Details
- Description
- xi, 351 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- 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 sexually experienced and available. The resulting sexual predation, and the blithe response of the American military leadership, caused serious friction between the two nations just as they were attempting to settle questions of long-term control over the liberated territories and the restoration of French sovereignty.
- Subjects
- France > Foreign relations > United States > History > 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 > United States > History
- United States > Foreign relations > France > History > 20th century
- Soldiers > Sexual behavior > Political aspects > United States
- World War, 1939-1945 > France > History
- Soldiers > United States > Attitudes
- Sex > France
- United States > Army > Officers > Sexual behavior > France > History > 20th century
- Sex > Military aspects > France > History > 20th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-340) and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 13-4714
- ISBN
- 9780226923093 (cloth : alkaline paper)
- 0226923096 (cloth : alkaline paper)
- 9780226923116 (paperback)
- 0226923118 (paperback)
- LCCN
- 2012033963
- OCLC
- 808010115
- Author
- Roberts, Mary Louise, author.
- Title
- What soldiers do : sex and the American GI in World War II France / Mary Louise Roberts.
- Publisher
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2013.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-340) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 13-4714