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Confronting the War Machine: Draft Resistance during the Vietnam War 1st New edition Edition

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ISBN-13: 978-0807854365
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  • Paperback: 456 pages
  • Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press; 1st New edition edition (March 31, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0807854360
  • ISBN-13: 978-0807854365
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 1 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsWonderful Overview Of Vietnam War Draft Resistance Movement
By Barron Laycock HALL OF FAME on January 4, 2004
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Nothing inspires so much enduring controversy and strongly held opinions as the subject of active draft resistance during the Vietnam War. The draft resisters were composed of a relatively small segment of the hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of young American men of draft age who avoided serving in the Army in one fashion or another. While most avoided active service in one or another fashion by enrolling in colleges or graduate schools, getting married and quickly having children, or by crossing the border into Canada, the draft resisters stood their ground and actively (and often quite dramatically) confronted the system by openly opposing the draft, burning their draft cards publicly, and serving themselves up for the legal and social consequences of refusing to serve in the military.
The author's approach is both appealing and effective; he uses a plethora of anecdotes and then places them in context by providing an overall history of the movement as well as an effective analysis of the effect of the movement both for the individuals choosing to participate in it as well as for the society at large. Author Michael Foley is a history professor at the City University of New York College of Staten Island, and he obviously has some personal experience informing his awareness of the phenomenon, which was in his estimation one of the most important and most progressively attempted efforts at defanging the war machine, a technique which comprising the cutting edge of young Americans opposition to the war in Southeast Asia. It found its inspiration in the Gandhi-like examples of the civil rights movement, and found widespread philosophical and legal support for a method that eventually forced the formal apparatus of government to sit up and take notice.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsA slice of what the Draft Resistance movement was about
By whatever_gong82 on March 5, 2008
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A very informative book on a era in which either you weren't alive at the time, too young, or couldn't believe that you went through all of what happened during the 1960's to early 1970's.
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4.0 out of 5 starsgood condition, good read
By Noel Kreger on July 16, 2013
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This book was very engaging and informing. I got it in a timely manner and it was perfect for the research paper I was writing!
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