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Lawrence Murphy

Perverts by Official Order

The Campaign Against Homosexuals by the United States Navy. Sprachen: Englisch. 21,0 cm / 14,8 cm / 1,9 cm ( B/H/T )
EAN 9780918393449

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356 Seiten
September 1988
Routledge

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.

Murphy, Lawrence

Contents Preface - "Half the World Is Queer" - Cleaning Up the Navy - Navy Justice - Section A., O.A.S.N. - On Trial in Newport and Washington - The United States Versus Samuel Neal Kent - A National Gay Scandal - Defending the Right of Petition - Rhode Island Versus the U.S. Navy - Section A on Trial - Defending the U.S. Navy - Before the Senate of the United States - Legacies - Notes - Bibliography - Index