Title One of the boys : homosexuality in the military during World War II / Paul Jackson

Edition 2nd ed Published Montréal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xxxiii, 338 pages) : illustrations Contents In search of a policy -- Military law and queer servicemen -- Military psychiatry -- Queer servicemen in Canada -- Queer servicemen overseas -- Espirit de corps, cohesion, and morale Summary "Homosexuality and military service have made strange bedfellows over the last hundred years. Military leaders have generally seen homosexuals as unmanly, immoral, and according to the U.S. military a threat to unit cohesion, a claim that continues to prop up the controversial "don't ask, don't tell" policy. Struggles for equal rights have not been limited to the United States: during the Second World War, the Canadian military was acutely concerned with homosexuality and, as the war progressed, senior military brass became increasingly determined to rid the services of those engaged in "disgraceful conduct of an indecent kind."" "Even though homosexual men were often accepted and popular within their units, accusations of homosexual behaviour led to psychiatric assessments, courts-martial proceedings, prison terms, and dishonourable discharges. Using a wide array of sources - including long-closed court martial records, psychiatric and personnel files, unit war diaries, films, and oral histories - Paul Jackson relates the struggles queer servicemen of all ranks and branches of the Canadian military made to fit in to avoid losing their careers and reputations."--Jacket Notes Originally published: 2004 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-334) and index Notes Print version record Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Gay. World War, 1939-1945 -- Canada Gay military personnel -- Canada -- History -- 20th century Gay military personnel -- Canada Gay men -- Canada -- History -- 20th century Homophobia -- Government policy -- Canada Military discharge -- Canada Gay men -- Canada -- Social conditions -- 20th century HISTORY -- Military -- Other. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science. HISTORY -- Canada -- General. Gay men -- Social conditions Armed Forces Armed Forces -- Gays -- Government policy Gay men Gay military personnel Military discharge SUBJECT Canada -- Armed Forces -- History Canada -- Armed Forces -- Gay people -- Government policy Canada -- Armed Forces -- Government policy -- History -- 20th century Canada -- Armed Forces -- Government policy Canada -- Armed Forces -- History -- 20th century Subject Canada Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780773582644 0773582649 9780773582651 0773582657

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