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Mission Possible : The Story of Repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell by C. Dixon Osburn (2021, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherOsburn, C. Dixon

ISBN-101737482401

ISBN-139781737482406

eBay Product ID (ePID)19050416673

Product Key Features

Educational LevelAdult & Further Education

Number of Pages512 Pages

Publication NameMission Possible : the Story of Repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell

LanguageEnglish

SubjectGeneral, United States / General

Publication Year2021

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science, History

AuthorC. Dixon Osburn

FormatHardcover

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceAdult Education

LCCN2019-471403

SynopsisUnder "Don't ask, don't tell," the Pentagon discharged 2-4 service members every day for being gay. Some were subjects of witch hunts. Others faced criminal charges. Many endured harassment, assault and threats. Mission Possible takes readers behind the scenes as Servicemembers Legal Defense Network lawyers repeatedly rushed to the aid of LGBT clients and demanded justice from commanders and Congress. Repealing the ban on open service by lesbian, gay and bisexual service members was a stunning reversal of a law enacted just 17 years prior. It remains the most significant pro-lesbian, gay, bisexual legislation Congress has passed. How did it happen? C. Dixon Osburn's Mission Possible describes the strategy that he and Michelle Benecke, co-founders of SLDN devised to overcome impossible odds. It's a story about the politics of fear and the consequences of a government that tries to muzzle its citizens. It is also a searing, heartbreaking, and ultimately triumphant story of the power of coming out, building a movement, and political savvy. Mission Possible shows that overcoming the odds is both possible and essential.

LC Classification NumberUB418.G38O83 2021