Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America Review
Examining the millitary's own record, Nathaniel Frank makes the tight case that don't ask don't tell has ultimately undercut the military's effectiveness and readiness.
It plays into the agency's/Congress's stereotypes about who an effective solider is instead of seeing factual evidence. Meanwhile, ignoring the current policy, GLBT servicemembers (and those merely suspected of it) are rooted out, robbing the armed forces of much needed and highly trained personnel.
Were this not bad enough, to quickly fill in the gaps, they look to lesser qualified people with questionable backgrounds. But these people are ironically acceptable under the current policies because they are deemed straight. In an agency concerned about security, safety and quality, I'd actually think the new hirees would be more of a danger than GLBT servicemembers.
Throughout the book Frank himself makes the point that until don't ask, don't tell is overturned, we will have this absurd--and dangerous catch 22 policy. It is not about protecting the country or ensuring military preparedness. It is about appeasing deep rooted fears of military officials and Congressional leaders. The American public has a right to demand a qualified competend millitary.
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Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America Overview
Drawing on more than a decade of research and hundreds of interviews, Nathaniel Frank exposes the military’s policy toward gays and lesbians as the damaging one that it is and demonstrates that “don’t ask, don’t tell” must be replaced with an outright reversal of the gay ban. One of the nation’s leading experts on gays in the military, Frank’s even-handed and always scrupulously documented chronicle shows how the ban on open gays and lesbians in the U.S. military has greatly increased discharges, hampered recruitment, and—contrary to the rationale offered by proponents of the ban—led to lower morale and cohesion within military ranks.
The author presents indisputable evidence showing that gays already serve openly in the U.S. military without causing problems, and that the policy itself is weakening the military it was supposed to protect. Part history, part exposé, and fully revealing, Unfriendly Fire is sure to make the blood boil of any American who cares about national security, the right to speak the truth, or just plain common sense and fairness.
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