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Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World War II
Allan Bérubé
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Paperback. "Published by arrangement with The Free Press, a Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc."--T.p. verso. Num Pages: 416 pages, 46 illustrations, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBWQ; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
During World War II, as the United States called on its citizens to serve in unprecedented numbers, the presence of gay Americans in the armed forces increasingly conflicted with the expanding antihomosexual policies and procedures of the military. In Coming Out Under Fire , Allan Berube examines in depth and detail these social and political confrontation--not as a story of how the military victimized homosexuals, but as a story of how a dynamic power relationship developed between gay citizens and their government, transforming them both. Drawing on GIs' wartime letters, extensive interviews with gay veterans, and declassified military documents, Berube ... Read more
During World War II, as the United States called on its citizens to serve in unprecedented numbers, the presence of gay Americans in the armed forces increasingly conflicted with the expanding antihomosexual policies and procedures of the military. In Coming Out Under Fire , Allan Berube examines in depth and detail these social and political confrontation--not as a story of how the military victimized homosexuals, but as a story of how a dynamic power relationship developed between gay citizens and their government, transforming them both. Drawing on GIs' wartime letters, extensive interviews with gay veterans, and declassified military documents, Berube ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807871775
SKU
V9780807871775
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About Allan Bérubé
Allan Berube (1946-2007) was a community historian and author of numerous essays and articles.
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