{"product_id":"gay-warriors-a-documentary-history-from-the-ancient-world-to-the-present-9780814798867","title":"Gay Warriors: A Documentary History from the Ancient World to the Present","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Ancient Greece and Rome, in Crusader campaigns and pirate adventures, same-sex romances were a common and condoned part of military culture. From the Peloponnesian War to the Gulf War, from Achelleus to Lawrence of Arabia gays and lesbians have played a crucial but often hidden role in military campaigns. But recent debates over the legality of gay service in the military and the don't ask, don't tell policy have obscured this rich aspect of military history. Richard Burg has recovered important documents and assembled an anthology on these often invisible gay and lesbian warriors.\u003cbr\u003e Burg shows us that the Amazons of legend weren't just fictional. We learn about the richness and variety of their culture in documents from Plato, Seneca and Suetonius. From courts-martial proceedings we discover women warriors in seventeenth century England who passed as men in order to serve, and army officers whose underground culture fostered long-term romantic friendships.\u003cbr\u003e There are also sections on the American Civil War, World War I and II, the contemporary U.S. military as well as sailors and pirates. This anthology will forever change the way we think about gays in the military.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e B. R. Burg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 299\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.97h x 5.94w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814798867\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePW Notes and Reprints\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/05\/2001 pg. 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2002 pg. 133\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/05\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBurg, B. R.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eB. R. Burg\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at Arizona State University and the author of Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40183710613619,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_db722db6-4d87-45b5-9a7f-8c799ed04c28.jpg?v=1655558583","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/gay-warriors-a-documentary-history-from-the-ancient-world-to-the-present-9780814798867","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}