{"product_id":"dont-ask-do-tell-william-bonzo-9781451571905","title":"Don't Ask, Do Tell!","description":"William Bonzo's biting, informative, and sometimes riotous memoir, Don't Ask, Do Tell: When I Finally Told the Military \"Kiss My Gay...\" aims directly at the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy previously enforced by the United States military. Bonzo was a Navy man before being outed and forced to leave the service. Until then, he had served his country honorably and enthusiastically. So how can a military that is dangerously short of personnel and engaged in several wars around the world afford to impose a weeding-out policy that not only de-militarizes talented leaders, but does so in an abrupt and emotionally brutal fashion? Reading this book, one is struck by the irony of training a man for years, bringing him to his peak of military knowledge and direction, and then dismissing him for his sexual orientation. Despite a light and often funny voice, the underlying message remains: Don't Ask\/Don't Tell was unethical, pragmatically absurd, and often devastating to those who were targeted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Bonzo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1451571909\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451571905\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.39d","brand":"William Bonzo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48439202119935,"sku":"9781451571905","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_775e136f-b183-4a0f-a992-96ffbff67521.jpg?v=1777176131","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dont-ask-do-tell-william-bonzo-9781451571905","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}