Confronting the war machine : draft resistance during the Vietnam War / / Michael S. Foley
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| Autore: |
Foley Michael S
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| Titolo: |
Confronting the war machine : draft resistance during the Vietnam War / / Michael S. Foley
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| Pubblicazione: | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (468 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 959.704/38 |
| Soggetto topico: | Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Draft resisters - United States |
| Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Protest movements - United States | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [425]-438) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 Horizon |
| 7. 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; | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Confronting the war machine |
| ISBN: | 979-88-908733-5-4 |
| 0-8078-6243-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910824939603321 |
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