An edition of Perverts by official order (1988)

Perverts by official order

the campaign against homosexuals by the United States Navy

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An edition of Perverts by official order (1988)

Perverts by official order

the campaign against homosexuals by the United States Navy

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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 and first raised issues of gay rights and governmental persecution of homosexuals.

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Harrington Park Press
Language
English
Pages
340

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Subjects

Gays, History, Trials (Sodomy), United States, United States. Navy, Gay sailors, Homophobia in the Armed Forces, Gay military personnel, United states, navy, LGBTQ history, Homosexuels, Procès (Sodomie), Histoire, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING, Marine & Naval, Military Science, Armed Forces, Homoseksuelen, Vervolgingen, Zeemacht, Mouvements de libération des homosexuels, États-Unis. Navy, États-Unis, LGBTQ law & legal

Places

Newport, Newport (R.I.), Rhode Island, United States

Times

20th century
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Cover of: Perverts by official order
Perverts by official order: the campaign against homosexuals by the United States Navy
1988, Harrington Park Press
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Cover of: Perverts by official order
Perverts by official order: the campaign against homosexuals by the United States Navy
1988, Haworth Press
in English

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Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. 325-330.
Includes index.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
359/.0088664
Library of Congress
VB324.G38 M87 1988, VB324.G38M87 1988, VB324.G38 M87 1988eb

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 340 p. :
Number of pages
340

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OL2403085M
ISBN 10
0918393442
LCCN
87033452
OCLC/WorldCat
745175411, 17264306
Library Thing
499499
Goodreads
1061439

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