{"product_id":"workingclass-war-american-combat-soldiers-and-vietnam","title":"Working-Class War: American Combat Soldiers and Vietnam","description":"\u003cp\u003eNo one can understand the complete tragedy of the American experience in Vietnam without reading this book. Nothing so underscores the ambivalence and confusion of the American commitment as does the composition of our fighting forces. The rich and the powerful may have supported the war initially  but they contributed little of themselves. That responsibility fell to the poor and the working class of America.  Senator George McGovern  Reminds us of the disturbing truth that some 80 percent of the 2.5 million enlisted men who served in Vietnam  out of 27 million men who reached draft age during the war  came from working-class and impoverished backgrounds. . . . Deals especially well with the apparent paradox that the working-class soldiers families back home mainly opposed the antiwar movement  and for that matter so with few exceptions did the soldiers themselves.  New York Times Book Review  Appys treatment of the subject makes it clear to his readers  almost as clear as it became for the soldiers in Vietnam  that class remains the tragic dividing wall between Americans.  Boston Globe\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945276141621,"sku":"ByrdShop_0807843911","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780807843918.jpg?v=1769881019","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/workingclass-war-american-combat-soldiers-and-vietnam","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}