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Canada s Greatest Wartime Muddle
Author | : Michael D. Stevenson |
Publsiher | : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2001-12-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780773569652 |
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To determine the government's commitment to a comprehensive mobilization strategy, Stevenson considers the effect of NSS policies on eight significant sectors of the Canadian population: Native Canadians, university students, war industry workers, coal miners, longshoremen, meatpackers, hospital nurses, and textile workers. These case studies show that mobilization officials achieved only a limited number of their regulatory goals and that Ottawa's attempt to organize and allocate the nation's military and civilian human resources on a rational, orderly, and efficient scale was largely ineffective. This detailed assessment of the effect of NSS activities on a broad cross-section of Canadian society provides a fresh perspective on the domestic impact of the Second World War. It will appeal to a wide range of readers interested in Canada's economic, military, social, and political history.
Selective Service in Wartime
Author | : United States. Selective Service System |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 710 |
Release | : 1943 |
Genre | : Draft |
ISBN | : WISC:89079567053 |
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Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act
Author | : United States,United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : Soldiers |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105043918445 |
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War Time
Author | : Sten Rynning,Olivier Schmitt,Amelie Theussen |
Publsiher | : Brookings Institution Press |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2021-03-02 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780815738954 |
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Perceptions of time contributed to recent Western military failings The “decline of the West” is once again a frequent topic of speculation. Often cited as one element of the alleged decline is the succession of prolonged and unsuccessful wars—most notably those waged in recent decades by the United States. This book by three Danish military experts examines not only the validity of the speculation but also asks why the West, particularly its military effectiveness, might be perceived as in decline. Temporality is the central concept linking a series of structural fractures that leave the West seemingly muscle-bound: overwhelmingly powerful in technology and military might but strategically fragile. This temporality, the authors say, is composed of three interrelated dimensions: trajectories, perceptions, and pace. First, Western societies to tend view time as a linear trajectory, focusing mostly on recent and current events and leading to the framing of history as a story of rise and decline. The authors examine whether the inevitable fall already has happened, is underway, or is still in the future. Perceptions of time also vary across cultures and periods, shaping socio-political activities, including warfare. The enemy, for example, can be perceived as belong to another time (being “backward” or “barbarian”). And war can be seen either as cyclical or exceptional, helping frame the public's willingness to accept its violent and tragic consequences. The pace of war is another factor shaping policies and actions. Western societies emphasize speed: the shorter the war the better, even if the long-term result is unsuccessful. Ironically, one of the Western world's least successful wars also has been America's longest, in Afghanistan. This unique book is thus a critical assessment of the evolution and future of Western military power. It contributes much-needed insight into the potential for the West's political and institutional renewal.
Report of the Director of Selective Service
Author | : United States. Selective Service System |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 718 |
Release | : 1943 |
Genre | : Draft |
ISBN | : OSU:32437122138957 |
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Conscription Family and the Modern State
Author | : Dorit Geva |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 279 |
Release | : 2013-08-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781107024984 |
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This book compares how the American draft system and the French conscription system came to be. Although the French and American conscription systems were very different from one another, they had some surprising similarities, especially during the first half of the twentieth century. French and American leaders were concerned with military service's effects on men's family life, as conscription removed men from their homes, and soldiers could be injured or never return home. These concerns influenced how conscription was organized in each country.
The Chemical Warfare Service
Author | : Leo P. Brophy,George J. B. Fisher |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 528 |
Release | : 1959 |
Genre | : Chemical warfare |
ISBN | : UOM:39015060541524 |
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Rough Draft
Author | : Amy J. Rutenberg |
Publsiher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2019-09-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781501739378 |
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Rough Draft draws the curtain on the race and class inequities of the Selective Service during the Vietnam War. Amy J. Rutenberg argues that policy makers' idealized conceptions of Cold War middle-class masculinity directly affected whom they targeted for conscription and also for deferment. Federal officials believed that college educated men could protect the nation from the threat of communism more effectively as civilians than as soldiers. The availability of deferments for this group mushroomed between 1945 and 1965, making it less and less likely that middle-class white men would serve in the Cold War army. Meanwhile, officials used the War on Poverty to target poorer and racialized men for conscription in the hopes that military service would offer them skills they could use in civilian life. As Rutenberg shows, manpower policies between World War II and the Vietnam War had unintended consequences. While some men resisted military service in Vietnam for reasons of political conscience, most did so because manpower polices made it possible. By shielding middle-class breadwinners in the name of national security, policymakers militarized certain civilian roles—a move that, ironically, separated military service from the obligations of masculine citizenship and, ultimately, helped kill the draft in the United States.