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Ask and Tell: Gay and Lesbian Veterans Speak Out

Ask and Tell: Gay and Lesbian Veterans Speak Out

by SteveEstes (Author)

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    Paperback 2009

    $64.28
Synopsis

This is from the beaches of Normandy to the streets of Baghdad. The official silence mandated by the 1993 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy 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.

$64.28

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 320
 Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 15 Feb 2009
ISBN 10: 0807859559
ISBN 13: 9780807859551

Media Reviews
[A] compelling book.
- Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare
This is a remarkable oral history collection.
--Leisa D. Meyer, The College of William and Mary
These oral histories are eloquent, poignant, harrowing, inspiring, and more.
--John D'Emilio, coauthor of Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America
Ask and Tell offers the most comprehensive stories to date and provides a forum for veterans to discuss the legacy of the military's infamous 'don't ask, don't tell' policy.
-- Publishers Weekly
[A] compelling book.
-- Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare
This is an outstanding book that will be of great interest and pleasure to a wide range of readers.
-- Aaron Belkin, University of California, Santa Barbara
This essential oral history collection tells the stories we were never meant to hear and ultimately calls for an end to one of America's bastions of homophobia.
-- Curve
An indispensable document.
-- Women: A Cultural Review
Author Bio
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).