Brutality and Desire: War and Sexuality in Europe's Twentieth Century

Tracing the arc of sexual violence coursing through Europe's twentieth century from the Armenian genocide during World War I, through the Holocaust and death camps like Auschwitz during Wolrd War II, the Algeria War against French colonization to the war in former Yugoslawia, especially the conflict in Bosnia, this volume expands military history to include the realm of sexuality for both soldiers and civilians, both during war and in its aftermath. Examining contrapuntal stories of consensual romance and accounts of grotesque violence and intimate brutality, it also contributes significant new insights to the history of sexuality in the twentieth century. The volume also breaks important conceptual ground precisely by broadening twentieth-century European history to include colonial and border areas.