"Women Always Drew the Short Straw": Military Power and Sexual Exploitation in the American Occupation of Koblenz, 1918–1923.

The article focuses on realities of German-American relations, particularly, the sexual economy created by martial rule and Germany's economic distress. It mentions exploring American-German sexual interactions within the power imbalances of martial rule, patriarchal structures, and the economic and social upheaval sweeping Germany. It also mentions Occupation of the Rhineland was an Allied condition of the cease-fire and a precondition for beginning the formal peace negotiations.