Comfort women and sex in the battle zone / Ikuhiko Hata ; translated by Jason Michael Morgan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hata, Ikuhiko, 1932- author.

Contributor:

Morgan, Jason Michael, 1977- translator.

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Standardized Title:

Ianfu to senjō no sei English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comfort women--Asia--History.

Comfort women.

Service, Compulsory non-military--Asia.

Service, Compulsory non-military.

Women and war--Asia--20th century.

Women and war.

World War, 1939-1945--Women--Asia.

World War, 1939-1945.

Women.

Asia.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 383 p.) ; ill., map

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Hamilton Books, [2018]

Language Note:

Translated from Japanese

Summary:

Comfort Women and Sex in the Battle Zone is an exhaustive examination of the controversial issue of comfort women, who provided sexual services to Japanese soldiers before and during World War II. This book provides extensive documents and narratives by witnesses to shed light on the reality of these women who worked in the battle zone.

Contents:

1. The Comfort Women Issue "Explodes"

2. Japan's Licensed Prostitution System

3. In Manchuria and on the Battlefields of China

4. Along the Pacific Front

5. "Battle Zone Sex" Around the World

6. Personal Stories of the Comfort Women

7. The Confabulations of Yoshida Seiji

8. From the Kono Statement to the Coomaraswamy Report

9. Spread of Misconceptions about Comfort Women to the International Community

10. Merits and Demerits of the Asian Women's Fund

11. Five Points of Contention: Q&A

12. Comfort Women in the Battle Over History

13. Three-Point Suite: The Facts about South Korea's Comfort Women, 1945

2015

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-368) and index.

Other Edition:

Translation of: Hata, Ikuhiko, 1932- Tokyo : Shinchosha, 1999

ISBN:

0-7618-7524-7

0-7618-7034-2

OCLC:

1050321348