Prisoners of War and Local Women in Europe and the United States, 1914-1956

lt;p>Matthias Reiss is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Exeter, UK. 

Introduction; Brian K. Feltman and Matthias Reiss.- PART I: THE FIRST WORLD WAR.- Sexual Desire in Enemy Hands: The Sex Lives of German Prisoners of War in The United Kingdom, 1914-1919; Brian K. Feltman.- Sex on the Margins: Fraternizing in Times of War and Revolution; Lena Radauer.- 'Dishonorable' Women and 'Foreign' Men: Illicit Sexuality as Challenge to the German Volksgemeinschaft, 1914-1918; Lisa Todd.- Encounters beyond Frontlines: Prisoners of War and Women in the Habsburg Empire during the First World War; Julia Walleczek-Fritz.- PART II: THE SECOND WORLD WAR.- Community and Gender During War: The Amorous Relationships of Western POWs and German Women in Nazi Germany; Raffael Scheck.- Fueling the Moral Panic: Fraternization between Axis Prisoners of War and Women in the United States during World War II; Matthias Reiss.- 'Helmut can be a worker, not a lover': Relationships between Germans POWs andFrench Women in Post-War France, 1944-1948); Fabien Théofilakis.- Intimacy, Treason, and Racial Defilement: POWs and Women in the Soviet-German War; Andreas Hilger.- 'Undesirable Familiarity': British Womanhood and Italian Prisoners in World War II;Barbara Hately and Bob Moore.- The End of a Phenomenon? Fraternization after the Second World War; Brian K. Feltman and Matthias Reiss.

"The contribution of this book is a welcome addition for anyone interested in the history of war captivity. This book would be particularly useful as a teaching tool. ... This material is not only useful for a better understanding of the chapters, but also for undergraduate students exploring methodological approaches and interpretation of archival documents. ... The enormous effort made by the contributors is a most welcomed achievement." (Jean-Michel Turcotte, Canadian Military History, Vol. 32 (1), 2023)

“The contribution of this book is a welcome addition for anyone interested in the history of war captivity. This book would be particularly useful as a teaching tool. … This material is not only useful for a better understanding of the chapters, but also for undergraduate students exploring methodological approaches and interpretation of archival documents. … The enormous effort made by the contributors is a most welcomed achievement.” (Jean-Michel Turcotte, Canadian Military History, Vol. 32 (1), 2023)