03420nam a2200409 a 4500 ebr10476826 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 060215s2006 nyu sb 001 0deng d 2006005023 087586452X (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780875864525 (trade paper : alk. paper) 0875864538 (hard cover : alk. paper) 9780875864532 (hard cover : alk. paper) 0875864546 (ebook) 9780875864549 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)711592334 n-us--- UA23 .F36 2006eb 355.1/334 22 Fantina, Robert. Desertion and the American soldier, 1776-2006 [electronic resource] / Robert Fantina. New York : Algora Pub., c2006. xi, 258 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-254) and index. 1. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Sociology, Military United States History. Desertion, Military United States History. Military deserters United States Interviews. Peace movements United States History. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10476826 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 116634 116634