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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782508103321

Autore

Fantina Robert

Titolo

Desertion and the American Soldier 1776-2006 [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Algora Publishing, 2007

ISBN

1-281-39566-8

1-875864-54-7

0-87586-454-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 p.)

Disciplina

355.1334

355.1'334--dc22

Soggetti

Desertion, Military

Military deserters

Peace movements

Sociology, Military

Sociology, Military - History - United States

Desertion, Military - History - United States

Military deserters - History - United States

Peace movements - United States

Military & Naval Science

Armies

Law, Politics & Government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Revolutionary War; Chapter 2: The War of 1812; Chapter 3: The Mexican-American War; Chapter 4: The Civil War; Chapter 5: The Philippine-American War; Chapter 6: World War I; Chapter 7: World War II; Chapter 8. The Korean War; Chapter 9: The Vietnam War; Chapter 10: The Gulf War; Chapter 11: The Iraq War; Chapter 12: Other Conflicts;  Peacetime Desertion; Chapter 13: Summary and Analysis; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Despite the government's continued insistence on linking desertion



with cowardice, the motivations for desertion are many and complex, and are either rooted in or encouraged by military policy. This history and analysis of military desertion from the Revo