[lbo-talk] "A Rich Man's War and a Poor Man's Fight"

[mike larkin]

"... In her new book, Rich Man’s War, Poor Man’s
Fight, history professor Jeanette Keith examines the
opposition to American participation in World War I by
focusing on, as the book’s subtitle says, “race,
class, and power in the rural South.” Keith has dug
deep into historical data – small-town newspapers,
Selective Service records, court documents, and more –
to give us a picture that many people will find
difficult to believe, namely that “some of the most
determined resistance to the World War I draft took
place in the rural South.” She tells a fascinating
story...."

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