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Author Costello, John, 1943-

Title Virtue under fire : how World War II changed our social and sexual attitudes / John Costello.

Publication Info. Boston : Little, Brown, [1985]
©1985

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Location Call No. Status
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  306.7 C837V    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xi, 309 pages, 16 pages plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [294]-309.
Contents Making love and war -- Cinderella legions -- You're in the army now, Miss Jones -- The khaki issue -- Plaster saints -- Jagged glass -- Comrades in arms -- Sentimental bullets -- Ammunition for the heart -- A woman's work was never done -- The girls behind the guys behind the guns -- The girls they met over there -- Oversexed, overpaid, and over here -- Yielding to the conquerors -- The seeds of sexual revolution.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Influence.
Sex (Psychology) -- History -- 20th century.
Sexual ethics -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain.
ISBN 0316739685: $17.95
9780316739689
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