Smoke 'em if you got 'em : the rise and fall of the military cigarette ration / / Joel R. Bius |
Autore | Bius Joel R. <1974-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Annapolis, Maryland : , : Naval Institute Press, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
Disciplina | 355.12 |
Soggetto topico | Soldiers - Health and hygiene - United States |
ISBN | 1-68247-360-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794232103321 |
Bius Joel R. <1974-> | ||
Annapolis, Maryland : , : Naval Institute Press, , [2018] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Smoke 'em if you got 'em : the rise and fall of the military cigarette ration / / Joel R. Bius |
Autore | Bius Joel R. <1974-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Annapolis, Maryland : , : Naval Institute Press, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
Disciplina | 355.12 |
Soggetto topico | Soldiers - Health and hygiene - United States |
ISBN | 1-68247-360-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814875603321 |
Bius Joel R. <1974-> | ||
Annapolis, Maryland : , : Naval Institute Press, , [2018] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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