TY - BOOK N2 - When the "don't ask, don't tell" policy emerged as a political compromise under Bill Clinton in 1993, it only ended up worsening the destructive gay ban that had been on the books since World War II. Drawing on more than a decade of research and hundreds of interviews, Nathaniel Frank exposes the military's policy toward guys and lesbians. AB - When the "don't ask, don't tell" policy emerged as a political compromise under Bill Clinton in 1993, it only ended up worsening the destructive gay ban that had been on the books since World War II. Drawing on more than a decade of research and hundreds of interviews, Nathaniel Frank exposes the military's policy toward guys and lesbians. T1 - Unfriendly fire :how the gay ban undermines the military and weakens America / DA - 2009. CY - New York : AU - Frank, Nathaniel. ET - 1st ed. CN - UB418.G38 CN - UB418.G38 PB - Thomas Dunne Books, PP - New York : PY - 2009. ID - 328697 KW - Gay military personnel KW - Gay military personnel SN - 9780312373481 SN - 0312373481 TI - Unfriendly fire :how the gay ban undermines the military and weakens America / LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random045/93091047.html LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0905/2008035886-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random045/93091047.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0905/2008035886-b.html ER -