Unfriendly Fire : How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America

by Frank, Nathaniel

• ISBN13: 9780312603533
• ISBN10: 0312603533
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-02
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Summary

With unfailing logic, Frank dissects the patterns of bigotry and fear that have fought to preserve a gay ban in the military and shows that the time to do away with it has come--not just as a moral issue, but also as a practical matter of survival for the military itself.

Author Biography

Nathaniel Frank is senior research fellow at the Palm Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and teaches history on the adjunct faculty at New York University’s Gallatin School. His publications on gays in the military and other topics have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Republic, Slate, Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, Newsday, Philadelphia Inquirer, Lingua Franca, and others, and his research and opinions have been cited on the congressional floor, in syndicated columns, in the blogosphere, the New York Post, The Advocate, National Review Online, the AP, and other venues, including university syllabi and media roundups. Frank earned his Ph.D. and M.A. in history at Brown University. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
A Note on Terms	p. xv
Prologue	p. xvii
The Long History of the Military Closet	p. 1
Christian Soldiers: The Morality of Being Gay	p. 26
The Powell-Nunn Alliance	p. 58
Listening to Nunn: The Congressional Hearings on Gay Service	p. 86
The Evidence	p. 113
Gays in Foreign Militaries	p. 137
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Don't Work	p. 167
A Flawed Policy at Its Core	p. 198
Brain Drain: Arabic Linguists	p. 215
Gays Out, Ex-convicts In	p. 237
Rainbow Warriors	p. 258
Epilogue	p. 291
Notes	p. 297
Index	p. 329
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