Coming Out Under Fire : Twentieth Anniversary Edition -- The History of Gay Men and Women in World War II.

Drawing on GIs' wartime letters, extensive interviews with gay veterans, and declassified military documents, Bérubé constructs a startling history of the two wars gay military men and women fought--one for America and the other for their own survival as homosexuals within the military. This...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bérubé, Allan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2010.
Temas:
1900-1999
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Gay.
Gay military personnel > United States > History > 20th century.
Gay people > United States > History > 20th century.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Participation homosexuelle.
Personnes homosexuelles > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Armed Forces
Gay military personnel
Gays
United States > Armed Forces > History > World War, 1939-1945.
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction: "Why We Fight"; 1. Getting In; 2. Fitting In; 3. GI Drag: A Gay Refuge; 4. "The Gang's All Here": The Gay Life and Vice Control; 5. The Fight for Reform; 6. Pioneer Experts: Psychiatrists Discover the Gay GI; 7. Comrades in Arms; 8. Fighting Another War; 9. Rights, Justice, and a New Minority; 10. The Legacy of the War; A Note on Sources; Notes; Illustration Credits; Index.

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