Perverts by official order
the campaign against homosexuals by the United States Navy
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Author
Publication
1988 - Haworth Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
85,000 words, Guess
Page Count
340 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL2403473M
- ISBN-100866567089
- OCLC Control Number17265666
- OCLC Control Numberpervertsbyoffici0000murp
- Library of Congress Control Number87033914
and 2 more
- Goodreads5732808
- LibraryThing499500
Classifications
- DDC359/.008/6642
- LCCVB324.G38 M87 1988b
Description
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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Series Statement
- Monographic supplement #1 to Journal of homosexuality
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- Perverts by official order: the campaign against homosexuals by the United States Navy
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