GAY WARRIORS

GAY WARRIORS
A Documentary History from the Ancient World to the Present
B. R. Burg

 

In Ancient Greece and Rome, in Crusader campaigns and pirate adventures, same-sex romances were a common and condoned part of military culture. From the Peloponnesian War to the Gulf War, from Achilles to Lawrence of Arabia, gays have played a crucial but often hidden role in military campaigns. Burg has recovered important documents and assembled an anthology on these often invisible gay and lesbian warriors.

 

298 pages, paperback