This work tells the 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 links military controlled prositution with enforced prostitution. He uncovers controversial information about the role of US occupation forces in military controlled prostitution, as well as the subsequent cover-up of the existence of such a policy. Tanaka asks why US occupation forces did little to help the women, and argues that military authorities organized...
This work tells the story of the comfort women who were forced to enter prostitution to serve the Japanese Imperial army, often living in appalling co...
