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| Author | Randy Shilts |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Sexual orientation and gender identity in the United States military |
| Published | 1993 |
| Pages | 832 |
| ISBN | 978-0449909171 |
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The book was well received in a review in the Los Angeles Times which described it as "gripping reading" and "an irrefutable indictment of unconscionable government behavior in a cause that the military seems still unable to explain". [1] Historian Lillian Faderman, writing in The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle (2015), called Shilts' book "famous". [2]
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