Books by Michael S. Sherry

Gay men played a prominent role in defining the culture of mid-twentieth-century America. This book offers an analysis of the tension between the nation's dependence on and fear of the cultural influence of gay artists. It places theories about homintern debasing American culture within paranoia of the time that included anticommunism, and racism.

Examining how war has defined modern America, this text argues that America's intense preoccupation with war emerged on the eve of World War II, marking a turning point as important as the Revolution, the end of the frontier, and other watersheds in American history.