Desertion and the American soldier, 1776-2006

Desertion and the American soldier, 1776-2006

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Main Author: Fantina, Robert
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Algora Pub., c2006.
Subjects:
Sociology, Military > United States > History.
Desertion, Military > United States > History.
Military deserters > United States > Interviews.
Peace movements > United States > History.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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