An investigation of the situation of lesbians & gays in the military over the past three decades, revealing for the first time that some of the most celebrated soldiers in American history were homosexual. Five years of interviews with nearly 1,100 gay service people have uncovered stories of heroism, persecution, & increasing resistance while documenting the creation of a vast gay subculture within the armed forces. With thousand of documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, Shilts offers the first in-depth look at the fierce purges of gays in the military over the past 30 years. Best seller!
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About the Author:
RANDY SHILTS, one of the first journalists to recognize the national importance of the AIDS crisis, was a national correspondent for the San Francisco Chronicle for thirteen years. He is the author of The Mayor of Castro Street and And the Band Played On. He died in 1994.
Review:
"A sober, thoroughly researched and engrossingly readable history on the subject. [Shilts's] chronicle is excellent military history, closely woven with an enthralling analysis of the changing definitions of sexuality and personal relationships in American society....[A] landmark book....Remarkable."
--New York Times Book Review
"A masterpiece of investigative reporting...Shilts has shown us the honor homosexuals have brought, and continue to bring, to the uniforms they wear and the country they serve." - Boston Globe
"Gays, we are told, would damage morale in the military. Shilts documents the fact that morale has already been eaten away by hypocrisy, contradictions, and favoritism...This book will be to gay and lesbian liberation what Betty Friedan's was to early feminism or Rachel Carson's to ecological consciousness. No fair-minded person can read Conduct Unbecoming and consider the present system defensible. - USA Today
"Gripping reading....the history of homosexual people and the movement for gay/lesbian equality in the United States can nowhere be more clearly told." - Los Angeles Times
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- PublisherSt. Martin's Press
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0788154168
- ISBN 13 9780788154164
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages784
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