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The definitive book on lesbians and gay men in the US military.
 Randy Shilts, author of the classic documentary history of the AIDS epidemic And The Band Played On, was acclaimed for his ability to take epic histories and molding them into gripping, intimate narratives. Conduct Unbecoming, his groundbreaking exploration of lesbians and gays in the military, came out of hundreds of interviews conducted with servicepeople at all levels of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps and intense research uncovering thousands of documents resulting in a unique history of gays in the military as well as the persecution of gays in the military. Conduct Unbecoming will leave readers moved and imbued with a better understanding of the pressing situation in our nationâs military.
"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 reportingâ¦Shilts has shown us the honor homosexuals have brought, and continue to bring, to the uniforms they wear and the country they serve.â â 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 favoritismâ¦This book will be to gay and lesbian liberation what Betty Friedanâs was to early feminism or Rachel Carsonâs to ecological consciousness. No fair-minded person can read Conduct Unbecoming and consider the present system defensible. â 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.â â Los Angeles Times
 Randy Shilts, author of the classic documentary history of the AIDS epidemic And The Band Played On, was acclaimed for his ability to take epic histories and molding them into gripping, intimate narratives. Conduct Unbecoming, his groundbreaking exploration of lesbians and gays in the military, came out of hundreds of interviews conducted with servicepeople at all levels of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps and intense research uncovering thousands of documents resulting in a unique history of gays in the military as well as the persecution of gays in the military. Conduct Unbecoming will leave readers moved and imbued with a better understanding of the pressing situation in our nationâs military.
"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 reportingâ¦Shilts has shown us the honor homosexuals have brought, and continue to bring, to the uniforms they wear and the country they serve.â â 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 favoritismâ¦This book will be to gay and lesbian liberation what Betty Friedanâs was to early feminism or Rachel Carsonâs to ecological consciousness. No fair-minded person can read Conduct Unbecoming and consider the present system defensible. â 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.â â Los Angeles Times
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Gayla C. (I will not put this book back into the system, first its as big as a car, and weighs as much, but because of its content. It proves why our men where asleep at the switch on Sept. 11 and this book implies what they were probably doing instead of protecting America, instead of doing their jobs, they were doing jobs. To put it mildly and discretly.Live whatever life you want just dont push it, talk about it, act it out, or brag about it while working for this country, is my marine mother voice. You might not agree and thats ok. I recommend reading this article if you disagree:http://www.narth.com/docs/satinover09.html
While right off the bat it tells you that the thread binding all military mottos is that they take a boy and make him into a man and after reading this book it will dispell that notion and replace it with the motto if you give us your boys we will give you back toys.
I am not going to finish the book. I hope the writer who lives in San. Francisco doesnt have aids by now and if hes still alive I would tell him if he was my son Id buy a box of tissues and cry my heart out for what he has done with his life. For the title, excellent, I give this book a minus 4, it would have been a -5 but I liked the title. From a mother of a marine...booyahhh
I just found a good use for this book;a footstool.
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