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Desertion And The American Soldier, 1776-2006

  • Desertion And The American Soldier, 1776-2006

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    Robert Fantina

  • Publication Details

    Book, Algora Pub, 2006

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     (UPPER LEVEL)  UA23 .F348 2006  AVAILABLE

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    Sound Bite: Military desertion, its reasons and consequences, are not commonly known in America. Desertion and the American Soldier: 1776 2006 is a history and analysis of military desertion from the Revolutionary War to the Iraqi Occupation. Despite the US 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. Through the use of the government’s own studies and statistics throughout history, along with information from other sources, the problems of the military system that cause desertion are detailed. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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    • 1. The Revolutionary War
    • Corporal punishment
    • Arduous military duty
    • Lack of food
    • Lack of clothing and related provisions
    • Illness
    • Lack of pay
    • Homesickness
    • Economic need
    • British enticement
    • British prisoners of war
    • Bounty-jumping
    • Ambivalence to the cause
    • Fear
    • Self-preservation
    • 2. The War of 1812
    • Problems with pay
    • Lack of supplies
    • Lack of food
    • Illness
    • Poor leadership
    • Inadequate weaponry
    • 3. The Mexican-American War
    • Harsh conditions
    • Poor leadership
    • Corporal punishment
    • Lack of belief in the cause
    • Lack of basic rights as American citizens
    • Poor wages
    • Discrimination
    • 4. The Civil War
    • Nine categories of reasons for desertion
    • Union policy on desertion during the Civil War
    • 5. The Philippine- American War
    • Horror of war, and apathy toward the cause of the war
    • 6. World War I
    • Absent without official leave
    • Straggling
    • Desertion
    • 7. World War II
    • Inability to adjust to military life
    • Disagreement with or apathy towards the war
    • Incompetent leadership - - Horror of war
    • Family considerations
    • 8.The Korean War
    • Disagreement with the purpose of the war
    • Poor leadership
    • Horror at war’s atrocities
    • Family and home concerns
    • 9. The Vietnam War
    • Disagreement with the cause of the war
    • The horrors or war
    • Resistance to military life
    • Family and personal needs
    • 10. The Gulf War
    • Cruelty towards the Iraqis
    • living conditions
    • Disagreement with the war
    • The "stop loss" policy
    • 11. The Iraq War
    • Disagreement with the war
    • The horror of war
    • The stop-loss program
    • 12. Other conflicts ; peacetime desertion
    • Poor pay
    • Conditions
    • Inability to adjust to military life
    • Poor leadership
    • 13. Summary and analysis
    • Contact injustices
    • Judicial injustices

  • ISBN

    • 087586452x
    • 9780875864525
    • 0875864538
    • 9780875864532
    • 0875864546
    • 9780875864549
    • 087586452x

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