Review
Looks at the U.S. government's strategies to raise an army without a Congressional declaration of war. Focuses on how the "manpower channeling" provisions of peace-time military conscription policy led to unfair demands on poor whites, blacks and Hispanics to serve in Vietnam, especially at the front. Considers racism as both cause and consequence of war between nations. Concludes with excerpts from the diaries of a U.S. G.I. and an N.L.F. soldier to provide a "grunt level" perspective on the war. Illustrated. Discussion questions included. -- Book Description
