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This is the story of the Civil War draft in the North brought about by the Enrolment Act of 1863 -- the story of bounty jumpers, bounty brokers, substitution, and commutation; of draft resistance and the kidnapping of innocent aliens; of riot, arson, and assault; and of loyal and dedicated service.
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From the Publisher: "Young Soldiers explores the reasons that adolescents who are neither physically forced nor abducted choose to join armed groups. Drawing on in-depth interviews with the soldiers themselves, the authors offer an account of the role that war, poverty, education, politics, identity, family, and friends all play in driving these young men and women to join military life. They also address the important issues of demobilization and...
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"The central question this book asks is whether, in the era of the [all volunteer force], masculinity is the underlying basis of appeals for military service, and if so, what forms does it take ... This book argues that masculinity is still a foundation of the appeals made by the military but that each branch deploys various constructions of masculinity that serve its particular personnel needs and culture, with conventional masculinity being only...
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In an historical survey spanning 181 years of the American republic, this fascinating program from the U.S. Army describes how citizens respond to the call to arms when necessary to defend their family and country. Part of The Big Picture series, this episode takes viewers behind the scenes and features historical footage provided by the National Archives and Records Administration.
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The size and characteristics of the armed forces in 22 countries are examined. Included are: the United States, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Israel, Egypt, Iran, Nigeria, South Africa, India, China, Japan, and Australia. The authors report on characteristics such as the size of the military and whether the armed forces are based on conscription of volunteers, the length of...
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In April 1918, the giant troopship U.S.S. Leviathan left New York harbor on a historic voyage across the Atlantic. The doughboys aboard belonged to an armed force that represented a major innovation for the United States: the nation's first draft army - and the first American expeditionary forces sent abroad to fight a "foreign war". By raising the wartime army primarily by a draft, Woodrow Wilson set a precedent that was relied upon during World...
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"Allardice provides detailed biographical information on 1,583 Confederate colonels, both staff and line officers and members of all armies. In his introduction, he explains how one became a colonel -- the mustering process, election of officers, reorganizing of regiments -- and discusses problems of the nominating process, seniority, and "rank inflation""--Provided by publisher.
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"Do Third World countries benefit from having large militaries, or does this impede their development? In the face of conflicting evidence from prior quantitative research and case studies, Kirk Bowman sets out to explore just what effect militarization has had on development in Latin America."
"To illuminate the causal mechanisms at work - how agency and sequence operate in the relationship between militarization and these three areas of development...
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The riveting story of two sisters' journey to the Islamic State and the father who tries to bring them home. Åsne Seierstad puts the problem of radicalization into painfully human terms, using instant messages and other primary sources to reconstruct a family's crisis from the inside. Eventually, she takes us into the hellscape of the Syrian civil war, as Sadiq risks his life in pursuit of his daughters, refusing to let them disappear into the maelstrom....
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