The Research On DADT Policy In USA Military(1993-2010)

In1993, in order to live up to its promises on the campaign trail, the newPresident Bill Clinton tried to lift the ban gay men joined the military. The idea wasstrongly opposed by Congress and the military. However, for various reasons, the twosides finally reached a compromise that the gays can join the military. That is theDADT policy. In the next17years, the policy had a major influence on gay soldiers,the gay community and the United States community.This article attempts from the perspective of history, a combination thatsurrounds the DADT policy, the policy background, birth and send its exhibition,eventually be abolished, analyzes the policy and its unique characteristics to comparethe objective evaluation. Thus as a breakthrough point, in-depth understanding of theUnited States, the people of the United States, American society and Americanculture.This article is divided into five parts. The preface part mainly elaborated thepaper selected topic significance. the research status at home and abroad, relatedconcepts defined, and the difficult point and the innovation points, etc.The first chapter mainly around the DADT policy is discussed. This part fromthe gay and American society, gay and the U.S. army and gay and American politics,introduced the policy to the macro and micro background. This part also introducesthe gay community social environment, facing the favorable and unfavorable factors.The second chapter around the DADT policy development is discussed. Order oftime, from its initial after birth, according to the development of, for the birth processdifficult--the President and congress, the military, the conflicts and to decline theprocess of development of the impact of the policy are analyzed one by one.The third chapter discusses around the DADT policy was eventually abolished,introduces in detail the DADT policy is to abolish the changes of the socialenvironment at home and abroad, and President Obama hardships repeal DADTpolicy. The fourth chapter around the DADT policy analysis and further the uniquenesscompared the objective evaluation to the policy. The characteristics of the DADTpolicy, from time, compromising and controversial, concrete analysis, to catch aglimpse of the American society and culture, the political pattern, etc. The DADTpolicy evaluation from the perspective of history, affirmed its have positive effects inthe1990s, also face up to it in the years after have shortcomings and defects.The last part is epilogue. The DADT policy was abolished after American troopsare faced with the problem were described briefly. At the same time for the policyilluminates the side reflects the social conditions is discussed.