[lbo-talk] A Very Long Engagement

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Mar 1 14:30:08 PST 2005


Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:


>Conscription was employed during the Civil War, World War 2, the
>Korean War, and the Vietnam War as well as many other wars and
>interventions, but, contrary to the myth, the Vietnam War didn't see
>the worst desertion rates.

I'm guessing, though, that not too many grunts in WW2 did drugs and shot their commanding officers.

So what's your point here? I'm not sure I follow.

Doug



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