Part 1 The Policy Context; Chapter 1 Race-ing and Gendering the Military Closet, Francine D’Amico; Chapter 2 Echoes of Prejudice, David Ari Bianco; Chapter 3 Military Women, Michelle M. Benecke, Kirstin S. Dodge; Part 2 Policy Analysis; Chapter 4 Promise Unfulfilled, Craig A. Rimmerman; Chapter 5 President Clinton, Public Opinion, and Gays in the Military, Clyde Wilcox, Robin M. Wolpert; Chapter 6 The Perils of Congressional Politics, David M. Rayside; Chapter 7 Seeking another Forum, Richard Pacelle; Part 3 Policy Implications; Chapter 8 The Spectacle of Life and Death, Mary Fainsod Katzenstein; Chapter 9 Conduct Unbecoming Continues, C. Dixon Osburn, Michelle M. Benecke; Chapter 10 Constructing the ‘ Other ’ Soldier, Gary L. Lehring;