The Draft Lottery and You
Author | : Scientific Manpower Commission |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Draft |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Scientific Manpower Commission |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Draft |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Wesley Abney |
Publisher | : Vernon Press |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2019-03-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1622736192 |
This book provides a concise but thorough summary of how the selective service system worked from 1965 through 1973, and also demonstrates how this selective process, during a highly unpopular war, steered major life choices of millions of young men seeking deferrals based on education, occupation, marital and family status, sexual orientation, and more. This book explains each category of deferral and its resulting “ripple effect” across society. Putting a human face on these sociological trends, the book also includes a number of brief personal anecdotes from men in each category, told from a remove of 40 years or more, when the lifelong effects of youthful decisions prompted by the draft have become evident. There are few books which address the military draft of the Vietnam years, most notably CHANCE AND CIRCUMSTANCE: The Draft, the War and the Vietnam Generation, by Baskir and Strauss (1978). This early study of draft-age men discusses how they were socially channeled by the selective service system. RANDOM DESTINY follows up on this premise and draws from numerous later studies of men in the lottery pool, to create the definitive portrait of the draft and its long-term personal and social effects. RANDOM DESTINY presents an in-depth explanation of the selective service system in its final years. It also provides a comprehensive yet personal portrait of how the draft and the lottery steered a generation of young lives into many different paths, from combat to conscientious objection, from teaching to prison, from the pulpit to the Canadian border, from public health to gay liberation. It is the only recent book which demonstrates how American military conscription, in the time of an unpopular war, profoundly influenced a generation and a society over the decades that followed.
Author | : Natalie M. Rosinsky |
Publisher | : Capstone |
Total Pages | : 26 |
Release | : 2008-09 |
Genre | : Draft |
ISBN | : 0756538416 |
The history of the draft in the United States.
Author | : Dale Warren |
Publisher | : Strategic Book Publishing |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781622121755 |
Dale Walker won the lottery, not the Power Ball but the Vietnam War Draft lottery. Being a draft dodger was not an option in his family. They believed in the old-fashioned virtues: God, family, and country. Did he want to go to Vietnam and perhaps be killed? No, but if his country called, he would serve like all the brave men before him. He had his life planned out: work for a chemical company, marry his girlfriend, build a home and live the "American Dream." When his birthday was the number one pick in the Vietnam War Draft Lottery, all those plans changed. Dale married his sixteen-year-old sweetheart, served at the Army Intelligence School and overseas in Germany. His exciting Army career had its ups and downs, from winning "Soldier of the Year" to making lifelong friends, to medical emergencies and assisting Interpol with drug smugglers. This fictional novel was inspired by actual events in the lives of the author's family and the many blessings along their journey of serving God and others. Reverend Dale Warren, his wife Jane, children and grandchildren live a blessed life in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. While serving in the Army at the Intelligence and Electronic Warfare School and overseas, he completed a BS and MBA with honors. He returned home living the American Dream. When God called, he sold the family home to attend seminary and serve over twenty years in ministry. He has received many awards and honors: graduating Magna Cum Laude, being named an honorary citizen of Tucson, winning the Paul Harris Award from Rotary International, and was appointed by Governor Tom Ridge to serve the community. For more information on the author and his works visit www.pastordalewarren.com . Publisher's website: http: //sbpra.com/DaleWarren
Author | : Lawrence M. Baskir |
Publisher | : Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Tom Weiner |
Publisher | : Levellers Press |
Total Pages | : 474 |
Release | : 2014-05-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0981982042 |
Stories of men and women confronted by the Vietnam War. Contains personal stories of Vietnam War Veterans, people who fled the country, people who refused to go to war, people who beat the draft, people who obtained Conscientious Objector status, and people who loved and supported them.
Author | : Darrell Hatfield Nicholson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 46 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Draft |
ISBN | : |
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 1853 |
Genre | : |
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Author | : Shirley Jackson |
Publisher | : The Creative Company |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781583415849 |
A seemingly ordinary village participates in a yearly lottery to determine a sacrificial victim.
Author | : Bernard D. Rostker |
Publisher | : Rand Corporation |
Total Pages | : 833 |
Release | : 2006-09-08 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0833040685 |
As U.S. military forces appear overcommitted and some ponder a possible return to the draft, the timing is ideal for a review of how the American military transformed itself over the past five decades, from a poorly disciplined force of conscripts and draft-motivated "volunteers" to a force of professionals revered throughout the world. Starting in the early 1960s, this account runs through the current war in Iraq, with alternating chapters on the history of the all-volunteer force and the analytic background that supported decisionmaking. The author participated as an analyst and government policymaker in many of the events covered in this book. His insider status and access offer a behind-the-scenes look at decisionmaking within the Pentagon and White House. The book includes a foreword by former Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird. The accompanying DVD contains more than 1,700 primary-source documents-government memoranda, Presidential memos and letters, staff papers, and reports-linked directly from citations in the electronic version of the book. This unique technology presents a treasure trove of materials for specialists, researchers, and students of military history, public administration, and government affairs to draw upon.