Introduction
Since the end of the Second World War our country has maintained a vast network of military bases both on the continental mainland and throughout the world.
These bases are, for the most part, manned by dedicated career officers and enlisted men. Their task is not an easy one. Often situated in countries which are unfriendly to American servicemen, they are also required to survive in climatic conditions which are much more severe than what they were used to in the United States.
But as difficult as this life is for the men, it is infinitely more difficult for their wives. Unable to bear the boredom, the severe heat and cold, the lack of feminine trappings, they are often plunged in intense erotic relationships with the only males available; the young native boys who work on the base.
This book is the result of confidential interviews with military wives across the world, from the burning sands of an Arabian Air Force Base to the frigid cold of sub-artic submarine installations.
During my four years of interviewing and researching the case histories in this book, two general trends could be seen.
The first is that the sexual relationship which develops between the woman and the young boy rivals in intensity and perversity almost anything on record. There is a good reason for this. Placed in an isolated situation, these women have to fall back on their sexual fantasies to sustain themselves. When their opportunities for seduction take fruit, they begin to act out those fantasies with little thought of holding back. The young boys, at the age when the erotic drive is most intriguing, do everything they can to elicit extreme sexual actions from their teachers.
The second trend is that many of the women, after their sexual alliance is terminated, are stricken with severe guilt feelings because of their infidelity. The idea that they have been unfaithful while their husbands are serving their country in often dangerous capacities becomes too much to bear. In this case, nervous breakdowns are quite common.
Most of the women I interviewed were eager to talk about their indiscretions and I often had the feeling that they looked upon me as some sort of father-confessor. Many of them would grasp my hand as they told then-story, sobbing and weeping, as if I could forgive them. But all I could do was record their words.
In each case, I promised that the true names would be disguised in order to protect both the wife and her husband. Thus, the case histories presented in this book, while true, are clothed in anonymity. I have used pseudonyms in each and every case. This was a small price to pay for their truthful confessions and trust.
It is my hope that this study will contribute to the growing body of literature concerning the sexual activities and appetites of women under extreme emotional and weather conditions.
Furthermore, this book may, by bringing many of these conditions to light, help to alleviate them. And finally, I would like to thank and pay homage to the brave men and women who have dedicated their lives to protecting our freedoms. Their actions and loyalties in isolated and dangerous bases around the globe are an example to us all.
Karl Z. Enos, Ph. D. Washington D. C. 1969