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Cover of Conduct Unbecoming by Randy Shilts

Conduct Unbecoming

2005·810 pages·Nonfiction

History & Politics

The author of And the Band Played On follows with a book of even greater power and sweep as he investigates the situation of gays in the military over the past three decades, revealing for the first time that some of the most celebrated soldiers in American history were homosexual (including the Father of the United States Army).

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Conduct Unbecoming

Year

2005

Pages

810

Type

Nonfiction

History & Politics

Description

The author of And the Band Played On follows with a book of even greater power and sweep as he investigates the situation of gays in the military over the past three decades, revealing for the first time that some of the most celebrated soldiers in American history were homosexual (including the Father of the United States Army).

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