Controlling sex in captivity POWs and sexual desire in the United States during the Second World War

Controlling sex in captivity : POWs and sexual desire in the United States during the Second World War / Matthias Reiss.

Author/creator	Reiss, Matthias
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018.
Description	1 online resource.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Prisoners of war--Sexual behavior --United States --History --20th century. World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, American. Germans--Sexual behavior --United States --History --20th century. Italians--Sexual behavior --United States --History --20th century. Fraternization--History --20th century. Women and war--United States --History --20th century.

Contents	Historiography -- Sources -- Editorial comments -- Encounters with the enemy -- Attraction and pity -- Hostile reactions -- Controlling heterosexual desire -- American women during the war -- Initiating contact -- The reasons for loosing the fight against fraternisation -- African Americans -- The failure of the non-fraternisation policy -- Controlling same-sex desire -- Policies on same-sex activities in the Axis and American armed forces -- Same-sex activities in POW camps in the United States -- American reactions to same-sex activities in POW camps.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Source of description	Description based on print version record.
Issued in other form	Print version: Reiss, Matthias, author. Controlling sex in captivity London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018 9781350060616
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2018001790
ISBN	9781350060623 (PDF eBook)
ISBN	9781350060630 (EPUB eBook)

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