Ask & tell : gay and lesbian veterans speak out / by Steve Estes.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, Description: 1 online resource : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780807889855
  • 0807889857
Other title:
  • Ask and tell
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ask & tell.DDC classification:
  • 355.0086/640973 22
LOC classification:
  • UB418.G38
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Contents:
Introduction -- 1. The greatest generation -- 2. Korea and the Cold War -- 3. Vietnam -- 4. The Academies -- 5. The women's war for inclusion -- 6. The Gulf War -- 7. The ban -- 8. Out ranks -- 9. Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq -- Appendix 1: A note on oral history and editing interviews -- Appendix 2: interviewees.
Summary: Don't Ask, Don't Tell was the directive of President Clinton's 1993 military policy regarding gay and lesbian soldiers. This volume recovers the lost voices of those who served in silence, offering a rich chronicle of the history of gay and lesbian service in the U.S. military from World War II to the Iraq War. Drawing on more than 50 interviews with gay and lesbian veterans, Estes charts the evolution of policy toward homosexuals in the military over the past 65 years, uncovering the ways that silence about sexuality and military service has affected the identities of gay veterans. Far from u.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- 1. The greatest generation -- 2. Korea and the Cold War -- 3. Vietnam -- 4. The Academies -- 5. The women's war for inclusion -- 6. The Gulf War -- 7. The ban -- 8. Out ranks -- 9. Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq -- Appendix 1: A note on oral history and editing interviews -- Appendix 2: interviewees.

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Don't Ask, Don't Tell was the directive of President Clinton's 1993 military policy regarding gay and lesbian soldiers. This volume recovers the lost voices of those who served in silence, offering a rich chronicle of the history of gay and lesbian service in the U.S. military from World War II to the Iraq War. Drawing on more than 50 interviews with gay and lesbian veterans, Estes charts the evolution of policy toward homosexuals in the military over the past 65 years, uncovering the ways that silence about sexuality and military service has affected the identities of gay veterans. Far from u.

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