About Face: A Gay Officer's Account of How He Stopped Prosecuting Gays in the Army and Started Fighting for Their Rights

Kennedy, James E.

ISBN 10: 1559722819 / ISBN 13: 9781559722810

Published by Birch Lane Pr, 1995

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: About Face: A Gay Officer's Account of How He Stopped Prosecuting Gays in the Army and Started Fighting for Their Rights
• Publisher: Birch Lane Pr
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1559722819
• ISBN 13: 9781559722810
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

A former army lawyer recounts prosecuting gay soldiers while hiding his homosexuality, leaving the army, and helping to draft a new policy

Reviews

This is an interesting account of a double life. As an army lawyer, Capt. James Kennedy prosecuted homosexual soldiers while closeting his own homosexuality. Finally he ended the pretense, resigned his commission and assisted the Clinton administration in revising its policy toward gays in uniform. The author's personal odyssey is a moving story of self-awareness and self-affirmation. General readers will find even more interesting Kennedy's firsthand account of the armed forces' complex gay subculture, which, he writes, includes those of the highest ranks. His assertion that one post-WWII commandant of the Marine Corps, unnamed here, was gay or bisexual will cause fierce speculation. Within the community of gays in uniform, networking and mutual protection are significant distinguishing responses to traditional official policies. Such clandestine behavior benefits neither individuals nor institutions, opines the author.
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