Confronting the War Machine: Draft Resistance During the Vietnam WarUniv of North Carolina Press, 2003 - 449 pages Shedding light on an understudied form of opposition to the Vietnam War, Michael Foley tells the story of draft resistance, the cutting edge of the antiwar movement at the height of the war's escalation. Unlike so-called draft dodgers, who evaded the draf |
Contents
A Little Band of Bold Pioneers | 19 |
The Draft as a Political Issue and a Movement Target | 48 |
October 16 A Resolute Show of Moral Force | 76 |
Filtered Resistance Draft Resisters Image and Reality | 113 |
Uneasy Waiting Draft Resisters and the Johnson Administration | 131 |
Getting by with Little Help from Their Friends | 158 |
A New BeginningConfrontation Renewal and Triumph | 223 |
Spring 1968 A Hothouse Atmosphere | 262 |
Epilogue | 335 |
Tables | 347 |
Statement of Methodology | 361 |
Letter to Survey Recipients and Questionnaire | 365 |
Notes | 385 |
Bibliography | 423 |
Index | 437 |
Beyond Draft Resistance New Strategies and Dangling Men | 294 |
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