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Autore |
Lemer Bronson |
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Titolo |
The last deployment [[electronic resource] ] : how a gay, hammer-swinging twentysomething survived a year in Iraq / / Bronson Lemer |
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Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, c2011 |
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0-299-28219-8 |
1-283-13442-X |
9786613134424 |
0-299-28213-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Living out : gay and lesbian autobiographies |
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Soggetti |
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Gay men - United States |
Gay military personnel - United States |
Soldiers - United States |
Iraq War, 2003-2011 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1. Olympic Hopefuls -- 2. Last Supper -- 3. Snow Bullets -- 4. Even Pawns Have Nice Legs -- 5. Click, Click, Click -- 6. The Mustache Race -- 7. All Sand and Stars -- 8. Wolves -- 9. This Is Our Comfortable Hell -- 10. Icarus in Iraq -- 11. Baghdad in My Boots -- 12. Don't Tell -- 13. If Charles Bronson Were Here -- 14. How to Build Your Own Coffin -- 15. Two Toonies and a Loonie -- 16. Vets -- 17. Out Came a Spider -- 18. Dump Gulls -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In the midst of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy debate, a gay former soldier offers a firsthand account of his experiences in the Iraq war, capturing the real experience of gay servicemen and servicewomen. |
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