03066nam 2200565 a 450 991078036730332120230617030344.0979-88-908733-5-40-8078-6243-6(CKB)111087027918638(EBL)413280(OCoLC)476236660(SSID)ssj0000128709(PQKBManifestationID)11160087(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000128709(PQKBWorkID)10070066(PQKB)10928336(Au-PeEL)EBL413280(CaPaEBR)ebr10202616(MiAaPQ)EBC413280(EXLCZ)9911108702791863820020712d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrConfronting the war machine[electronic resource] draft resistance during the Vietnam War /Michael S. FoleyChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20031 online resource (468 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8078-5436-0 0-8078-2767-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [425]-438) and index.Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: Draft Resistance in American Memory; Part I. Toward a Movement; 1. A Little Band of Bold Pioneers; 2. The Draft as a Political Issue and a Movement Target; 3. October 16: A Resolute Show of Moral Force; Part II. Confrontations and Misconceptions; 4. Filtered Resistance: Draft Resisters' Image and Reality; 5. Uneasy Waiting: Draft Resisters and the Johnson Administration; 6. Getting by with a Little Help from their Friends; Section of Illustrations; Part III. Peaks, Valleys, and the Changing Horizon7. A New Beginning: Confrontation, Renewal, and Triumph8. Spring 1968: A Hothouse Atmosphere; 9. Beyond Draft Resistance: New Strategies and Dangling Men; Epilogue; Nixon Takes Notice; Life after the Resistance; Looking Back; Appendix A: Tables; Appendix B: Statement on Methodology; Appendix C: Letter to Survey Recipients and Questionnaire; Notes; Notes; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A-B; C; D; E-F; G-H; I-K; L-N; O-Q; R-S; T-W; Y-Z; This work looks at draft resistance, the cutting edge of the anti-war movement at the height of the Vietnam conflict. It focuses on Boston as a prominent centre of the movement and reveals the crucial role of draft resisters in shifting anti-war sentiment to the centre of American politics.Vietnam War, 1961-1975Draft resistersUnited StatesVietnam War, 1961-1975Protest movementsUnited StatesVietnam War, 1961-1975Draft resistersVietnam War, 1961-1975Protest movements959.704/38Foley Michael S1539138MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780367303321Confronting the war machine3789782UNINA