Gays in the military
By: Lauri S. Friedman, book editor
Series: Writing the critical essay: an opposing viewpoints guide
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Detroit, MI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9780737759129
Subjects: Gay military personnel
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: beyond "don't ask, don't tell"; title: Opposing viewpoints on gays in the military; title: Viewpoint 1 Gay soldiers should be allowed to serve openly / Gabriel Arana; title: Viewpoint 2 Gay soldiers should not be allowed to serve openly / Stuart Koehl; title: Viewpoint 3 Allowing gay soldiers to serve openly protects them from harm / Joseph Rocha; title: Viewpoint 4 Allowing gay soldiers to serve openly puts them at risk / Eric Harbin; title: Viewpoint 5 Allowing gays to serve will strengthen the U.S. military / Stephen Benjamin; title: Viewpoint 6 Allowing gays to serve will weaken the U.S. military / Robert G. Marshall; title: Model essays and writing exercises; title: Preface A: The five-paragraph essay; title: Preface B: The persuasive essay; title: Essay one: america's confusion: openly gay soldiers and civil rights in the military; title: Exercise 1a: create an outline from an existing essay; title: Exercise 1b: create an outline for your own essay; title: Essay two: a gay-friendly military is a weakened military; title: Exercise 2a: create an outline from an existing essay; title: Exercise 2b: identifying persuasive techniques; title: Essay three: the military's loss; title: Exercise 3a: examining introductions and conclusions; title: Exercise 3b: using quotations to enliven your essay; title: Final writing challenge: write your own persuasive five-paragraph essay; title: Supporting research material; title: Appendix a: facts about gays in the military; title: Appendix b: finding and using sources of information; title: Appendix c: using MLA to create a works cited list; title: Appendix d: sample essay topics; title: Organizations to contact; title: Bibliography; title: Index.