Ready or not? Homosexuality, unit cohesion, and military readiness

Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 227-247

  Knapp, Deborah Erdos ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homosexuals; Military readiness; Unit cohesion

Indexed keywords

EID: 56049098506     PISSN: 08927545     EISSN: 15733378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10672-008-9089-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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