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The book is a work of social and military history that explores the complex relationship between American GIs and their British hosts during World War II. Between 1942 and 1945, over three million American servicemen were stationed in Great Britain, leading to a significant cultural encounter. The book uses extensive archival research and interviews to detail the formal and informal interactions between the two groups, examining how the "over-paid, over-sexed, over-fed, and over here" Americans interacted with the "under-sexed, under-paid, under-fed, and under Eisenhower" British population. It also covers topics such as the attempts to impose racial segregation on a society without a color bar and the experiences of Black GIs in wartime Britain.