Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Illustrations; A Personal Message; Preface; Chapter 1: ""Half the World Is Queer""; Chapter 2: Cleaning Up the Navy; Chapter 3: Navy Justice; Chapter 4: Section A., O.A.S.N.; Chapter 5: On Trial in Newport and Washington; Chapter 6: The United States versus Samuel Neal Kent; Chapter 7: A National Gay Scandal; Chapter 8: Defending the Right of Petition; Chapter 9: Rhode Island versus the U.S. Navy; Chapter 10: Section A on Trial; Chapter 11: Defending the U.S. Navy; Chapter 12: Before the Senate of the United States
Chapter 13: LegaciesNotes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
This candid book documents for the first time the U.S. Navy's use of entrapment in pursuit of homosexuals in and around Newport, Rhode Island, during the early twentieth century. This most extensive systematic persecution of gays in American history occurred with the approval of Navy Secretary Josephus Daniels and Assistant Secretary Franklin Roosevelt, as dozens of sailors were ordered to identify and even seduce gay men in order to report their names to the authorities. Noted historian Lawrence Murphy reveals the details of this sordid campaign that ultimately generated a national scandal an
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-330) and index
Notes
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