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Author
Publisher
Giro di Mondo
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A coming of age story of a young man facing his draft notice during the Vietnam Era, and how his decision shaped his life, and that of his family. Told through a series of letters sent to his mother, the story covers an era when 27 million young men faced possible conscription into the armed services. It is replete with the emotions of the era when the U.S.A. was a country in turmoil Readers who remember the 1960's, or knew someone who lived during...
Author
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Before the U.S. Constitution had even been signed, soldiers and new veterans protested. Dissent, the hallowed expression of disagreement and refusal to comply with government's wishes, has a long history in the United States. Soldier dissenters, outraged by the country's wars or egregious violations in conduct, speak out and change U.S. politics, social welfare systems, and histories. I Ain't Marching Anymore carefully traces soldier dissent from...
Author
Publisher
Leméac
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Français
Description
" On dit volontiers que quiconque se souvient des années 1960 ne les a pas vécues. À 18 ans, David Homel, lui, y était : à la fin de la décennie, on voulut comme bien d'autres le forcer à se battre dans une guerre qui n'était pas la sienne. Alors qu'il fuit la conscription et la perspective funeste d'un aller simple pour le Vietnam, la mort le rattrape en Espagne, où elle l'abandonne au fond d'un ravin. Le corps détruit par l'accident, c'est...
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