Smoke 'em if you got 'em : the rise and fall of the military cigarette ration / / Joel R. Bius

• Autore: Bius Joel R. <1974->
• Pubblicazione: Annapolis, Maryland : , : Naval Institute Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (328 p.)
• Disciplina: 355.12
• Soggetto topico: Soldiers - Health and hygiene - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Armed Forces Military life History 20th century; United States Armed Forces Health and hygiene
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Part 1. The rise -- Smoke rising: "I'd give a boy the cigarettes." -- The damn Y Man: "The American Army is thoroughly molly-coddled." -- General March's ration: "Enlist and all will be well." -- The greatest generation of smokers: "Do you just assume that every soldier in the United States Army smokes?" -- Part 2. The fall -- Operation Volar: "The taxpayer was being taken for a ride in two directions at once." -- Soldier-starters: "The renewal of the market stems almost entirely from 18-year-old smokers." -- Health care and the all-voluteer force: "Promises have been broken." -- The Beltway battle: "Our industry is under siege." -- The Reagonomics of smoking: "An economic burden we can no longer bear." -- The downfall: "This provision [does not] deny a benefit to the military community, unless lung cancer and heart disease are benefits." -- Conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book describes the origins of the often comfortable, yet increasingly controversial relationship among the military, the cigarette industry, and tobaccoland politicians during the twentieth century.
• Titolo autorizzato: Smoke 'em if you got 'em
• ISBN: 1-68247-360-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910794232103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II