By Nathaniel Frank"Wide-ranging critique of the U.S. military's controversial policy. Frank (History/New York Univ.) quickly and effectively sketches the long history of gays in the military, including many interesting details....The bulk of the book, however, is taken up with the debate over the current "don't ask, don't tell" guidelines, enacted into federal law in the early days of President Clinton's administration. TFrank dismantles many of the most vicious prejudices; that gays in the military would increase the risk of service members getting AIDS; that they would victimize or "recruit" naïve soldiers; by debunking them with hard facts....The book's most effective section addresses the policy's national-security implications....Frank builds a solid case that the ban on gays in the military is not only wrong, it is endangering the country..."
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