Perverts by Official Order

This candid book documents for the first time the U.S. Navy's use of entrapment in pursuit of homosexuals in and around Newport, Rhode Island, during the early twentieth century.

Murphy, Lawrence

Contents Preface - "Half the World Is Queer" - Cleaning Up the Navy - Navy Justice - Section A., O.A.S.N. - On Trial in Newport and Washington - The United States Versus Samuel Neal Kent - A National Gay Scandal - Defending the Right of Petition - Rhode Island Versus the U.S. Navy - Section A on Trial - Defending the U.S. Navy - Before the Senate of the United States - Legacies - Notes - Bibliography - Index