Rough Draft : Cold War Military Manpower Policy and the Origins of Vietnam-Era Draft Resistance /

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Rough Draft draws the curtain on the race and class inequities of the Selective Service during the Vietnam War. Amy J. Rutenberg argues that policy makers' idealized conceptions of Cold War middle-class masculinity directly affected whom they targeted for conscription and also for deferment. Fe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rutenberg, Amy J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
Temas:
Draft > United States > History > 20th century.
Manpower policy > United States > History > 20th century.
Cold War History.
Military History.
U.S. History.
HISTORY / Military / Vietnam War.
Military service, the draft, selective service, masculinity, militarization, gender studies.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Selective Service Classification Chart (1951-1973)
  • Introduction
  • 1. "Digging for Deferments": World War II, 1940-1945
  • 2. "To Rub Smooth the Sharp Edges": Universal Military Training, 1943-1951
  • 3. "Really First-Class Men": The Early Cold War, 1948-1953
  • 4. "A Draft-Dodging Business": Manpower Channeling, 1955-1965
  • 5. "The Most Important Human Salvage Operation in the History of our Country": The War on Poverty, 1961-1969
  • 6. "Choice or Chance": The Vietnam War, 1965-1973
  • Conclusion
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Index

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