Conduct Unbecoming: Gays & Lesbians in the U.S. Military

“A sober, thoroughly researched and engrossingly readable history on the subject. [Shilts’] chronicle is excellent military history, closely woven with an entrhalling analysis of the changing definitions of sexuality and personal relationships in American society….[A] landmark book….Remarkable.”
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Written by the author of the highly acclaimed AND THE BAND PLAYED ON, this extraordinary and unique exploration of gays in the military and gay persecution in the miliatary is nothing short of a masterpiece of investigative reporting. Shilts spoke with hundreds of lesbian and gays in all levels of the military and tells their stories of pain and pride with an attention to detail and depth of feeling that will leave readers moved and educated and with better understanding.