Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the U.S. Military
Randy Shilts
Randy Shilts, author of the classic documentary history of the AIDS epidemic And The Band Played On, conducted hundreds of interviews with servicepeople at all levels of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps and undertook intense research uncovering thousands of documents to create 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 nation's military.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Year
- 2005
- ISBN-13
- 9780312342647
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- LGBTQ historyMilitary policy and discriminationGay rights movement
Awards
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current InterestShortlisted(1993)
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