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A Case Of Sexual Misconduct: Gender Dynamics, Cultural Hegemony, And The United States Military In The Pacific 1945 - Present, Liam Thomas Edwards
A Case Of Sexual Misconduct: Gender Dynamics, Cultural Hegemony, And The United States Military In The Pacific 1945 - Present, Liam Thomas Edwards
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This research will focus on the sexual misconduct of the United States military following the end of the Second World War in the Korean peninsula, Japan, and the Philippines. In this research, I will argue that the United States military engaged in a system of widespread sexual misconduct in the Pacific following the conclusion of the Second World War. Its success in distancing the institution from this behavior in the historical record and historical memory has much to do with its place in the international system today. The hegemonic power that the United States represents on the world stage has …