Major conflict : one gay man's life in the Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell military / Jeffrey McGowan.
2005
UB418.G38 M35 2005 (Mapit)
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Major conflict : one gay man's life in the Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell military / Jeffrey McGowan.
Author
McGowan, Jeffrey.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
0767918991
Publication Details
New York : Broadway Books, 2005.
Language
English
Description
viii, 278 p. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
UB418.G38 M35 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification
355/.0086/6420973 B
Summary
McGowan enlisted in the army in the late 1980s with a secret: he was gay. In the don't-ask-don't-tell world of the Clinton-era army, being gay meant automatic expulsion, so he hid his sexual identity and continued to serve with distinction for ten years. He commanded U.S. troops in the Persian Gulf, eventually rising to the rank of major, but ultimately realized that the army held no future for gay men--even closeted ones.
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