Based on more than one hundred interviews and group discussions with low-ranking soldiers, conscripts, and volunteers, this volume provides a unique perspective on the history, and analyzes the current status, of soldier unions and resistance movements in more than twenty countries. Beginning with the isolated, spontaneous incidents that characterized military protest in the mid-1960s, the study traces the changing profile of resistance movements in the conscript armies of Europe; the volunteer forces of the United States, ...
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Based on more than one hundred interviews and group discussions with low-ranking soldiers, conscripts, and volunteers, this volume provides a unique perspective on the history, and analyzes the current status, of soldier unions and resistance movements in more than twenty countries. Beginning with the isolated, spontaneous incidents that characterized military protest in the mid-1960s, the study traces the changing profile of resistance movements in the conscript armies of Europe; the volunteer forces of the United States, Great Britain, Canada, and Australia; and the armed forces of Portugal, Chile, Iran, and the Phillipines. From the information and data collected, David Cortright and Max Watts hypothesize that resistance among low-ranking soldiers occurs only in countries with a high degree of capital accumulation, a new concept they refer to as the Threshold Theory of Military Resistance. Support for the Threshold Theory is based on data extracted from in-depth descriptions of the origins and organization of military unions and protest movements in Holland, West Germany, Scandinavia, France, Italy, Spain, East Germany, and the Soviet Union, as well as in countries below the threshold. A detailed examination of the United States army's resistance activities after the Vietnam conflict, its attempted unionization, and its continuing struggle with lack of discipline and low morale completes the global scope of this work. It will offer military sociologists, scholars, social scientists, soldiers, and veterans a singular survey of the dynamics of protest within the military around the world.
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Very Good. Size: 6x0x9; Greenwood Press; New York, 1991. Hardcover. A Very Good, red cloth binding with black lettering on front board and spine, binding sturdy and intact, some age spotting/discoloration to spine, and slightly to boards, bit of age toning to pages, scattered foxing to text block edges and front/back matters, previous owner embossed stamp bottom half title page, slightly bumped top board corners, without Dust wrapper. A nice and clean copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches]. 282pp., notes, bibliography, acknowledgements, indexed. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Contributions in Military Studies, Number 107. Gently bumped with a touch of wear at the corners. Rear panel lightly rubbed. Page ends a bit foxed. Square and tight. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
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