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First Published in 1996. From 1980 to 1990 nearly 17,000 service members were discharged from the military because of their homosexuality. This book places the debate of homosexual military service in its historical, theoretical, and political context. Timely and compelling, with all the court options in the highly published cases of Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer, Gay Rights, Military Wrongs, reports on the state of prejudice and discrimination facing today's homosexual military personnel and their prospects for future equality.
Part 1 The Policy Context; Chapter 1 Race-ing and Gendering the Military Closet, Francine D’Amico; Chapter 2 Echoes of Prejudice, David Ari Bianco; Chapter 3 Military Women, Michelle M. Benecke, Kirstin S. Dodge; Part 2 Policy Analysis; Chapter 4 Promise Unfulfilled, Craig A. Rimmerman; Chapter 5 President Clinton, Public Opinion, and Gays in the Military, Clyde Wilcox, Robin M. Wolpert; Chapter 6 The Perils of Congressional Politics, David M. Rayside; Chapter 7 Seeking another Forum, Richard Pacelle; Part 3 Policy Implications; Chapter 8 The Spectacle of Life and Death, Mary Fainsod Katzenstein; Chapter 9 Conduct Unbecoming Continues, C. Dixon Osburn, Michelle M. Benecke; Chapter 10 Constructing the ‘ Other ’ Soldier, Gary L. Lehring;
"For historians, these essays offer a careful accounting of the history of politics that is attentive to actors, institutions, and policy constraints." -- Christopher Capozzola