MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 03128cam a22003614a 4500
001 2006005023
003 DLC
005 20071130083342.0
008 060215s2006 nyu b 001 0deng
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020 $a087586452X (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a9780875864525 (trade paper : alk. paper)
020 $a0875864538 (hard cover : alk. paper)
020 $a9780875864532 (hard cover : alk. paper)
020 $a0875864546 (ebook)
020 $a9780875864549 (ebook)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm64098470
035 $a(OCoLC)64098470
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050 00 $aUA23$b.F348 2006
082 00 $a355.1/334$222
100 1 $aFantina, Robert.
245 10 $aDesertion and the American soldier, 1776-2006 /$cRobert Fantina.
260 $aNew York :$bAlgora Pub.,$cc2006.
300 $axi, 258 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 245-254) and index.
505 0 $a1. 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.
650 0 $aSociology, Military$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aDesertion, Military$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aMilitary deserters$zUnited States$vInterviews.
650 0 $aPeace movements$zUnited States$xHistory.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip068/2006005023.html