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The Draft 1940 1973
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Author : George Q. Flynn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
The Draft 1940 1973 written by George Q. Flynn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with History categories.
"Individual liberty is ingrained in American culture. Yet, in contrast to this cherished ideal, American men were inducted into military service under a system that flourished for more than twenty years before its rationalization was seriously questioned by more than a small minority of citizens." "Analyzing this paradox, George Flynn provides the first comprehensive look at an institution that managed to sustain political and public favor through two wars before dying out under a barrage of protests during a third. Placing the American draft within a historical context, he shows how social and political considerations determined the character of conscription in the United States." "The draft developed as it did, he argues, not mainly because of military needs or strategy, but because of political decisions initiated by civilians with nonmilitary agendas. Explaining why the draft remained relatively immune to political criticism prior to the Vietnam conflict, Flynn chronicles the draft's military and strategic successes and failures in America's mid-century wars. He shows how major institutions and lobbies representing science, education, and various professions and religions influenced it and how, ultimately and ironically, the selective character of the draft eventually made the system inequitable and helped cause its downfall."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Hell In H Rtgen Forest
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Author : Robert S. Rush
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Hell In H Rtgen Forest written by Robert S. Rush and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
Some of the most brutally intense infantry combat in World War II occurred within Germany's Hurtgen Forest. Focusing on the bitterly fought battle between the American 22d Infantry Regiment and elements of the German LXXIV Korps around Grosshau, Rush chronicles small-unit combat at its most extreme and shows why, despite enormous losses, the Americans persevered in the Hurtgenwald "meat grinder".On 16 November 1944, the 22d Infantry entered the Hurtgen Forest as part of the U.S. Army's drive to cross the Roer River. During the next eighteen days, the 22d suffered more than 2,800 casualties -- or about 86 percent of its normal strength of about 3,250 officers and men. After three days of fighting, the regiment had lost all three battalion commanders. After seven days, rifle company strengths stood at 50 percent and by battle's end each had suffered nearly 140 percent casualties.Despite these horrendous losses, the 22d Regiment survived and fought on, due in part to army personnel policies that ensured that unit strengths remained high even during extreme combat. Previously wounded soldiers returned to their units and new replacements, green to battle, arrived to follow the remaining battle-hardened cadre.The German units in the Hurtgenwald suffered the same horrendous attrition, with one telling difference. German replacement policy detracted from rather than enhanced German combat effectiveness. Organizations had high paper strength but low manpower, and commanders consolidated decimated units time after time until these ever-dwindling bands of soldiers disappeared forever: killed, wounded, captured, or surrendered. The performance of American and German forces during thisharrowing eighteen days of combat was largely a product of their respective backgrounds, training, and organization.Rush's work underscores both the horrors of combat and the resiliency of American organizations. While honori
The Vietnam War On Trial
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Author : Michal R. Belknap
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
The Vietnam War On Trial written by Michal R. Belknap and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Unfolding the Calley case step by step, Belknap shows how our system of military justice actually works. His dramatic reenactment takes readers through every stage of the trial, from pre-trial investigations to actual courtroom exchanges among prosecutors, defenders, witnesses, and judges. In the process, he reveals how a court-martial conducted within the public eye transformed a purely legal proceeding into a political debate about the conduct of the war. Calley.
The Encyclopedia Of The United States Congress
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Author : Donald C. Bacon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
The Encyclopedia Of The United States Congress written by Donald C. Bacon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with categories.
The Journal Of Military History
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008-04
The Journal Of Military History written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04 with United States categories.
The Journal Of American History
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Author : Organization of American Historians
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
The Journal Of American History written by Organization of American Historians and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with United States categories.
The Cold War U S Army
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Author : Ingo Trauschweizer
language : en
Publisher: Modern War Studies
Release Date : 2008
The Cold War U S Army written by Ingo Trauschweizer and has been published by Modern War Studies this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
Focuses on the Seventh Army in West Germany--the largest and best-prepared field army ever deployed by the U.S. in peacetime--to show how the U.S. army redefined its identity, structure, and mission in order to avoid obsolescence during the Cold War era of nuclear weapons and air power.
Encyclopedia Of The Vietnam War 3 Volumes
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Author : Spencer Tucker
language : en
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Release Date : 1998-09-18
Encyclopedia Of The Vietnam War 3 Volumes written by Spencer Tucker and has been published by ABC-CLIO this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-09-18 with History categories.
The largest and most comprehensive study to date of one of the longest and most divisive conflicts in U.S. history. ABC-CLIO presents the largest and most comprehensive study to date of the wars in Vietnam. This authoritative, three volume masterwork details early U.S. involvement in Vietnam and brings Vietnamese history to the present with discussions of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam from 1975 through 1997. Students and researchers will find that this comprehensive work includes more coverage of diverse topics, and more information on individual Vietnamese and American participants and earlier, relevant periods in Vietnamese history, than any other encyclopedia of its kind. - Over 900 A-Z entries with extensive cross references after each entry - Biographies of key Vietnamese and American participants - 200 primary source documents - 150 illustrations and 22 maps
The First Peacetime Draft
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Author : John Garry Clifford
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
The First Peacetime Draft written by John Garry Clifford and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with History categories.
Using the Selective Service Act of 1940 as a focus to illuminate the evolution of American policy and attitudes toward the Second World War, The First Peacetime Draft unites exhaustive research with crisp narrative and trenchant analysis. It is a first-rate work - Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., author of The Age of Roosevelt and The Imperial Presidency.
The Papers Of Robert A Taft
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Author : Robert Alphonso Taft
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
The Papers Of Robert A Taft written by Robert Alphonso Taft and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This third volume in the series documents Robert A. Taft's experiences through World War II and his early postwar years. After winning a tough reelection battle as senator from Ohio in 1944, Taft moved steadily upward in the leadership ranks of his party and assumed a preeminent position among the bipartisan group of conservatives that increasingly dominated Congress. Taft was most widely known for his leadership of the postwar effort to revise federal labor law. In 1947 he cosponsored the Taft-Hartley Act, the single most important piece of labor legislation passed in the aftermath of World War II. These amendments to the 1935 National Labor Relations Act defined unfair union practices, banned closed shops, and authorized court injunctions that would delay strikes that harmed national security by imposing an eighty-day cooling-off period. In the immediate postwar years Taft recognized the need for federal aid to education, social welfare legislation that assisted the poor, and federal support for public housing. The senator campaigned vigorously for education-assistance legislation (which failed to pass the House of Representatives) and cosponsored the Taft-Wagner-Ellender Housi