Description
Book SynopsisDetailed study of same-sex desire and military authority in the British Armed Forces between 1939 and 1945
Trade ReviewThis empirically rich study adds a new chapter to the history of homosexuality in the context of the Second World War. Fascinating in its detail, Queen and country shows how the very attempt to regulate same-sex intimacies and desires gave rise to new sexual identities and queer communities.'
Laura Doan, author of Disturbing Practices: History, Sexuality, and Women’s Experience of Modern War
Vickers neatly embeds the empirical detail – the bulk of the book under review – within the wider corpus on the subject of gender and history and she is to be commended for an excellent, scholarly study that will surely propel further scholarship.
‘Emma Vickers has produced a rich and humane study of World War Two service personnel which significantly expands our understanding of “gay” people and the reaction of “ordinary people” to them before gay lib in the 1970s.’
Brian Dempsey, James Morgan Brown Review
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Table of ContentsIntroduction
1. Inclusion
2. Keeping up appearances
3. Playing away
4. Make do and mend
Conclusion
Epilogue
Biographies of interviewees
Bibliography
Index
