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(More customer reviews)I first read this book after I graduated from college in 1994 and I was disgusted by what I read yet motivated to know more. I knew some details about prostitution in Asia, but I had no idea that it was a government sanctioned industry, supported by both the Asian host country and by the Western powers who inhabit the military installations. The information in this book changed the way I veiwed foreign policy and the U.S. military. I now teach Asian American History and the lesson and assigned reading for today's class was from this book. My students were equally as sickened yet fascinated to learn about this form of sexual labor as I was when I first read it. Granted the research is somewhat dated, but we are on the eve of military bases in Asia being re-opened and the industry will flourish once again. Of course, it never really did go away since sex tours and recreation for business-types replaced the military during the 90's. My students appreciate the information from this book as much as I do. We strongly recommend this book to anyone who cares about human rights issues.
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