"Important...a truly fascinating reading on this controversial
subject."
-- "Library Journal"
"The reprinted documents are what makes Burg's book valuable,
and they allow readers to judge for themselves whether gays and
lesbians deserve to be fully integrated into the modern
military."--"The Journal of Sex Research"
In Ancient Greece and Rome, in Crusader campaigns and pirate
adventures, same-sex romances were a common and condoned part of
military culture. From the Peloponnesian War to the Gulf War, from
Achelleus to Lawrence of Arabia gays and lesbians have played a
crucial but often hidden role in military campaigns. But recent
debates over the legality of gay service in the military and the
"don't ask, don't tell" policy have obscured this rich aspect of
military history. Richard Burg has recovered important documents
and assembled an anthology on these often invisible gay and lesbian
warriors.
Burg shows us that the Amazons of legend weren't just fictional.
We learn about the richness and variety of their culture in
documents from Plato, Seneca and Suetonius. From courts-martial
proceedings we discover women warriors in seventeenth century
England who passed as men in order to serve, and army officers
whose underground culture fostered long-term romantic
friendships.
There are also sections on the American Civil War, World War I
and II, the contemporary U.S. military as well as sailors and
pirates. This anthology will forever change the way we think about
"gays in the military."
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