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

London : Bloomsburg Academic, 2018.

231 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-220) and index.

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.