About the Author

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Foreword VII
3. Acknowledgements IX
4. About the Author XII
5. Contents XIII
6. Introduction 1
7. Historical Preamble: Homosexuality’s Reception in Earlier German Armed Forces 17
8. I Unfit to Serve? Evaluating Homosexual Men’s Military Fitness 37
9. II Among Comrades: Life as a Homosexual Soldier through the Lens of Individual Memory and Experience 64
10. III Illicit Acts? Male Homosexuality in Criminal and Disciplinary Law 130
11. IV Unfit to Command? 209
12. V Under Suspicion: Homosexuality as a Security Risk 284
13. VI A New Millennium – a New Era 362
14. VII What of the Others? The Practices of Other Armed Forces 413
15. Conclusion 468
16. Postscript 481
17. Sources and Bibliography 482
18. List of Abbreviations 496
19. Index 498