Allan Berube (1946-2007) was a community historian and author of numerous essays and articles.
A pioneering work . . . original and well-documented. . . . Mr.
Berube deserves plaudits for making a strong contribution to our
knowledge about those who marched to a different drummer."--Herbert
Mitgang, New York Times
A timely and valuable perspective. . . . Coming Out Under Fire, the
product of more than 10 years of research, of digging into archives
and interviewing scores of veterans, is the story of how--out of
necessity--the military coped with this large influx of
homosexuals, and how gay men and women coped with the military. . .
. Particularly in the context of [the] debate over who has the
right to fight and die for his or her country, Coming Out Under
Fire is well worth reading."
--Doris Kerns Goodwin, New York Times Book Review
Extraordinary. . . . What is most fascinating about Berube's book
are not the cases of gay oppression but the evidence of official
acknowledgment of a gay presence within the military . . . whose
numbers were far greater than anyone had imagined at the onset of
the war. . . . Coming Out Under Fire succeeds by describing in
detail the prejudice and social change of a turbulent era . . .
[and adds] important information to the current debate over the
military's battle to keep homosexuals out of the armed services."
--Randy Shilts, San Francisco Chronicle
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