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Perverts by official order : the campaign against homosexuals by the United States Navy
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Title
Perverts by official order : the campaign against homosexuals by the United States Navy / Lawrence R. Murphy.
ISBN
0866567089
1315864169
131795386X
1317953878
1317953886
9780866567084
9781315864167
9781317953869
9781317953876
9781317953883
0918393442
9780918393449
Published
New York : Harrington Park Press, ©1988.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiii, 340 pages) : illustrations
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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.
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Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Print version: Murphy, Lawrence R., 1942- Perverts by official order. New York : Harrington Park Press, ©1988
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 08, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-330) and index.
Contents
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.
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