The Last Deployment: How a Gay, Hammer-Swinging Twentysomething Survived a Year in iraq (Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies) - Softcover

Lemer, Bronson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0299282147 ISBN 13: 9780299282141

Verlag: University of Wisconsin Press, 2011

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Book by Lemer Bronson

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A masterful balance of straightforward wartime reporting, anguished self-reflection and a wealth of absurd asides. Pittsburgh s Out " Lemer s is a wonderfully descriptive, wryly humorous, heart-crushing story, and I couldn t put it down. . . . If you love a soldier, your country, or both, The Last Deployment is a book you ll want to tell everybody about. The Dallas Voice " This book provides a poignant example of a gay man learning more about his place in the world. Lemer s fears and joys highlight the humanity associated with being gay in the military, along with complexities of the discriminatory and soon to be ended policy of Don t Ask, Don t Tell. High Plains Reader " This is extremely touching material. Lemer describes the emotional turbulence of being gay in the military, tortured with the strong natural desire to connect with his fellow soldiers yet unable to reveal himself because of his sexuality. There is real pain in that kind of personal concealment, and it permeates this moving, substantive account. Bay Area Reporter " A well-written, often provocative memoir of the author s struggle to reconcile military brotherhood with self-acceptance. . . . Regardless of how you feel about the war, this memoir is well worth reading. Lambda Literary " An important contribution to this national debate. . . . A book we should have on the president s desk as soon as possible. Tim Miller, author of Body Blows and 1001 Beds " Lemer writes with clarity, temperance, and an eye for detail. . . . Without ever becoming polemical, the book shows graphically how don t ask, don t tell cruelly affects gay soldiers who play by the rules. David Bergman, editor of Gay American Autobiography: Writings from Whitman to Sedaris " A masterful balance of straightforward wartime reporting, anguished self-reflection and a wealth of absurd asides. "Pittsburgh s Out"" Lemer s is a wonderfully descriptive, wryly humorous, heart-crushing story, and I couldn t put it down. . . . If you love a soldier, your country, or both, " The Last Deployment" is a book you ll want to tell everybody about. "The Dallas Voice"" This book provides a poignant example of a gay man learning more about his place in the world. Lemer s fears and joys highlight the humanity associated with being gay in the military, along with complexities of the discriminatory and soon to be ended policy of Don t Ask, Don t Tell. "High Plains Reader"" This is extremely touching material. Lemer describes the emotional turbulence of being gay in the military, tortured with the strong natural desire to connect with his fellow soldiers yet unable to reveal himself because of his sexuality. There is real pain in that kind of personal concealment, and it permeates this moving, substantive account. "Bay Area Reporter"" A well-written, often provocative memoir of the author s struggle to reconcile military brotherhood with self-acceptance. . . . Regardless of how you feel about the war, this memoir is well worth reading. "Lambda Literary"" An important contribution to this national debate. . . . A book we should have on the president s desk as soon as possible. Tim Miller, author of "Body Blows" and "1001 Beds"" Lemer writes with clarity, temperance, and an eye for detail. . . . Without ever becoming polemical, the book shows graphically how don t ask, don t tell cruelly affects gay soldiers who play by the rules. David Bergman, editor of" Gay American Autobiography: Writings from Whitman to Sedaris"" "Lemer's is a wonderfully descriptive, wryly humorous, heart-crushing story, and I couldn't put it down. . . . If you love a soldier, your country, or both, " The Last Deployment" is a book you'll want to tell everybody about."--"The Dallas Voice" "A masterful balance of straightforward wartime reporting, anguished self-reflection and a wealth of absurd asides."--"Pittsburgh's Out" "This book provides a poignant example of a gay man learning more about his place in the world. Lemer's fears and joys highlight the humanity associated with being gay in the military, along with complexities of the discriminatory and soon to be ended policy of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.'"--"High Plains Reader" "This is extremely touching material. Lemer describes the emotional turbulence of being gay in the military, tortured with the strong natural desire to connect with his fellow soldiers yet unable to reveal himself because of his sexuality. There is real pain in that kind of personal concealment, and it permeates this moving, substantive account."--"Bay Area Reporter" "A well-written, often provocative memoir of the author's struggle to reconcile military brotherhood with self-acceptance. . . . Regardless of how you feel about the war, this memoir is well worth reading."--"Lambda Literary" "An important contribution to this national debate. . . . A book we should have on the president's desk as soon as possible."--Tim Miller, author of "Body Blows" and "1001 Beds" "Lemer writes with clarity, temperance, and an eye for detail. . . . Without ever becoming polemical, the book shows graphically how 'don't ask, don't tell' cruelly affects gay soldiers who play by the rules."--David Bergman, editor of" Gay American Autobiography: Writings from Whitman to Sedaris" "An important contribution to this national debate. . . . A book we should have on the president's desk as soon as possible."-Tim Miller, author of "Body Blows" and "1001 Beds" "Lemer writes with clarity, temperance, and an eye for detail. . . . Without ever becoming polemical, the book shows graphically how 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' cruelly affects gay soldiers who play by the rules."-David Bergman, editor of" Gay American Autobiography: Writings from Whitman to Sedaris"

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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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• Verlag: University of Wisconsin Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0299282147
• ISBN 13: 9780299282141
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 320