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Book Review: An extraordinary masterpiece of reporting on the unimaginable tactics and abuse by the United States Armed Services against queers in the military. A case study on the corrosive effects of bigotry, destroying careers, ending lives, and costing the nation millions of dollars and the loss of some of the most competent military officers and enlisted personnel.
It is hard to read this book and not think of the abuses seen in the deep south during the height of the Civil Rights movement, and it is impossible to believe that in the face of the military's own investigations and reports the failed policies of exclusion and harrassment continue to this day.
If only Shilts were alive to bring this book up to date. Highly recommended | 
