Ask and Tell
Gay and Lesbian Veterans Speak Out
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2007
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The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-0-8078-3115-1 (ISBN)
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-0-8078-3115-1 (ISBN)
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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. Drawing on more than 50 interviews with gay and lesbian veterans, this title offers a chronicle of the history of gay and lesbian service in the US military from World War II to the Iraq War.
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was the directive of President Clinton's 1993 military policy regarding gay and lesbian soldiers. This official silence continued a collective amnesia about the patriotic service and courageous sacrifices of homosexual troops. "Ask and Tell" recovers these lost voices, 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, Steve 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. These veteran voices - harrowing, heroic, and on the record - reveal the extraordinary stories of ordinary Americans, men and women who simply did their duty and served their country in the face of homophobia, prejudice, and enemy fire. Far from undermining national security, unit cohesion, or troop morale, Estes demonstrates, these veterans strengthened the U.S. military in times of war and peace.
He also examines challenges to the ban on homosexual service, placing them in the context of the wider movement for gay rights and gay liberation. "Ask and Tell" is an important compilation of unheard voices, offering Americans a new understanding of the value of all the men and women who serve and protect them.
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was the directive of President Clinton's 1993 military policy regarding gay and lesbian soldiers. This official silence continued a collective amnesia about the patriotic service and courageous sacrifices of homosexual troops. "Ask and Tell" recovers these lost voices, 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, Steve 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. These veteran voices - harrowing, heroic, and on the record - reveal the extraordinary stories of ordinary Americans, men and women who simply did their duty and served their country in the face of homophobia, prejudice, and enemy fire. Far from undermining national security, unit cohesion, or troop morale, Estes demonstrates, these veterans strengthened the U.S. military in times of war and peace.
He also examines challenges to the ban on homosexual service, placing them in the context of the wider movement for gay rights and gay liberation. "Ask and Tell" is an important compilation of unheard voices, offering Americans a new understanding of the value of all the men and women who serve and protect them.
STEVE ESTES is associate professor of history at Sonoma State University. He is author of I AM a Man!: Race, Manhood, and the Civil Rights Movement (from the University of North Carolina Press).
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.5.2007 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Chapel Hill |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 235 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8078-3115-8 / 0807831158 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8078-3115-1 / 9780807831151 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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