Japan's Comfort Women tells the harrowing story of the "comfort women" who were forced to enter prostitution to serve the Japanese Imperial army, often living in appalling conditions of sexual slavery. Using a wide range of primary sources, the author for the first time links military controlled pro
Comfort women : sexual slavery in the Japanese military during World War II
β Scribed by O'Brien, Suzanne G., 1969-
- Publisher
- New York : Columbia University Press
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-242) and index
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