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Chance and Circumstance: The Draft, the War, and the Vietnam Generation

unknown_binding – January 1, 1978
by Lawrence M Baskir
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ISBN-13: 9780394412757 ISBN-10: 0394412753
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
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unknown_binding
Published
January 1, 1978
Weight
1.3 lbs
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Chance and Circumstance: The Draft, the War, and the Vietnam Generation by Lawrence M Baskir. unknown_binding edition. ISBN: 9780394412757.

From the back coverWho fought in Vietnam? How did nearly 9,000,000 American men eligible for the draft manage to get themselves deferred or exempted? Who were the "deserters" and "draft resisters"? Why did only 3,000 of the 200,000 officially charged with violating the draft actually go to jail? On the basis of extensive research and a wealth of personal case histories, two senior officials of President Fords Clemency Board here come up with some startling - and depressing - answers, which reveal conclusively that America is far from the classless society it likes to pretend to be.