George HicksThe Comfort Women: Japan's Brutal Regime of Enforced Prostitution in the Second World War

horrifying searing look at an understudied incident that happened in a time that a lot has been written about- but the women that this happened too only in recent years got a voice that more people could hear- and somewhat of an apology. emotionally scarring just to read about- but the people who went through this deserve to have their story told- and in a wider forum. similar things have happened since- and in other places- you won't want to know. but we should all be aware of how inhuman people can be to each other. Read it a little at time but read it.

It is not a easy book to read; it sure will make many of people in today's materialized society to realize how lucky they are.This book should be included in our text book to teach our new generation that freedom and liberity is not FREE and there is always a price to pay.If the Japanese government is not so sensitive and being over-protective about the issue, they should use this book as one of their text book in learning the mistake in their past, and hopefully they won't make the same mistake again in their new generation.People can find more info on another good book about the topic, "Comfort Women" by Yoshimi Yoshiaki and Suzanne O'Brien. I have the same comment there.

Well written, difficult subject one that doesn't appear to still be resolved. Though time will eventually resolve the problem as all the women will be deceased. so unless governments pursue it, the subject could be dropped.

Something in the neighborhood of 50,000 Korean, and Southeast Asian women were forced into prostitution by the Japanese Imperial Army, and even documentation is still denied. The efforts by US communities to honor these forgotten women, who have been reluctant to admit to the abuse from their Asian beliefs of privacy and honor, are often met with a deluge of letters from Japanese citizens denying that Comfort Women existed.

The book tells the truth about the awful brutality of war and how depraved man can be against this fellow man.

It's interesting how different American's treated the Japanese and Germans after the war. Japanese atrocities against the Chinese were incredible, yet the Emperor remained in power, the war criminals lived long and productive lives, and to this day the Japanese have not admitted some of their crimes or apologized.This was a disturbing book, but this is the sort of thing you would expect in that era and with the war.

The author wrote this book without serious examination of the materials referenced. This book refers to Seiji Yoshida's "My War Crimes" as an important source of information on Comfort Women. However, Yoshida's book is now known as a fiction rather than descriptions of historical facts. Historical records show that there were indeed Comfort Women, but they were not abducted as Hickes claims, nor were they "sex-slaves." They were highly paid pprostitutes, sending tons of money to parents at home. Sadly this mistaken information was accepted by a U.N. report prepared by Ms. Coomaraswamy in her 1996 report on Comfort Women. This book was a source of significant misinformation which has led to the current heated confrontation between Jana and the Republic of Korea.

took my breath away. The things these women had to go through. It is a shame that our younger generation do not know the history of our world,.

A sobering content but we need to remember

This is not an easy read but essential reading if you are a lover of history and truth.In spite of the violent nature and horrific circumstances of this book I could not put this publication down

This book mainly covers the ladies who were forced into prostitution in Korea and doesn't really address the situations in Singapore and the Malay peninsula. It demonstrates the savagery of the Japanese character and it's subsequent refusal to apologise

Well written, informative book. These woman lived through hell and have yet to be compensated for the suffering they were forced in to. Shame

Its such a sad situation that I have a hard time reading it.