Dont Ask, Dont Tell : : Debating the Gay Ban in the Military / / ed. by Geoffrey Bateman, Aaron Belkin.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Bateman, Geoffrey,; Belkin, Aaron,; Haggerty, Timothy,
• HerausgeberIn: Bateman, Geoffrey,; Belkin, Aaron,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (201 p.)

A serious, reasoned debate on whether lifting the ban on known homosexual service members would undermine the U.S. armed forces.

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• 1 Introduction
• 2 History Repeating Itself: A Historical Overview of Gay Men and Lesbians in the Military Before “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
• 3 Does the Gay Ban Preserve Soldiers’ Privacy?
• 4 Does “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Preserve Unit Cohesion?
• 5 Are Foreign Military Experiences Relevant to the United States?
• 6 What Does “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Cost?
• 7 Openly Gay Service Members Tell Their Stories: Steve May and Rob Nunn
• 8 What Have We Learned? The Future of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
• Appendix: The “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Law
• Selected Bibliography
• The Contributors
• Index
• About the Book