Conduct Unbecoming

Description for CONDUCT UNBECOMING: GAYS & LESBIANS IN THE U S MILITARY by Randy Shilts:

The definitive book on lesbians and gay men in the US military.

Randy Shilts, author of the classic documentary history of the AIDS epidemic AND THE BAND PLAYED ON, was acclaimed for his ability to take epic histories and molding them into gripping, intimate narratives. CONDUCT UNBECOMING, his groundbreaking exploration of lesbians and gays in the military, came out of hundreds of interviews conducted with service people at all levels of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps and intense research uncovering thousands of documents resulting in a unique history of gays in the military as well as the persecution of gays in the military. Conduct Unbecoming will leave readers moved and imbued with a better understanding of the pressing situation in our nation's military.