Cold War military history book – “Rough Draft” (Cornell University Press, 2019) – Amy Rutenberg interview

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Dr. Amy Rutenberg studies gender history. Her first book is about the US draft during the Cold War, especially during the Vietnam War. We discussed the book.

0:56 – Amy talks about how she got into writing on the US draft of the early 20th century.

2:08 – Amy talks about the focus of the book on why it became socially acceptable for men to avoid the Vietnam War.

4:01 – Amy talks about how the draft was applied to various social classes in the US.

10:26 – Amy talks about what the active duty thought about DoD draft policies.

13:42 – Amy talks about when the draft was in place and when it was used.

14:30 – Amy talks about how the book is broken down. It goes chronologically starting with WWII.

15:32 – Amy talks about the idea of masculinity and the draft and enlistment.

18:35 – Amy talks about protests against the Vietnam War and draft changes.

19:51 – Amy talks about the ideas of nuclear war and the strategic goals of the draft.

22:27 – Amy goes into detail about the Selective Service Boards.

23:40 – Amy explains the interaction between the Selective Service and the draft.

26:20 – Amy talks the use of soldiers in testing nuclear weapons.

27:31 – Amy describes how the services requested draftees.

29:06 – Amy talks about the pros and cons versus being drafted versus enlisting.

31:49 – Amy talks about how she researched the book. She also goes into detail about

draft counseling and conscientious objection.

37:03 – Amy talks about the tension between supporting wars but not volunteering to go.

38:10 – Amy talks about new things she discovered about the draft during WWII and how people approached it.

40:22 – Amy talks about deferments.

43:02 – Amy discusses some of the issues women faced with the draft.

45:00 – Amy goes into details about conscientious objector deferments.

47:20 – Amy discusses who were getting these deferments created and changed.

55:57 – Amy can be found on twitter @amyjay401.

Links of interest

https://amzn.to/3dHHiZ6

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501739583/rough-draft/#bookTabs=1

https://twitter.com/amyjay401

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Military History Newsletter January 2020

Welcome to the first January 2020 military history book list.  We have ancient Roman war, to Boko Haram, the Vietnam War, Vicksburg, and a load of World War II titles.  The list will grow throughout the month so keep checking back or sign up for the newsletter.  Thanks!

AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, AND SYRIA – MODERN WARFARE

 

ANCIENT WARFARE

Ancient Rome – Bontty

Crossing the Pomerium – Michael Koortbojian

ASIAN AND AFRICAN PRE-MODERN WARFARE

Resistance at the Edge of Empires – Petrie and Magee

GENERAL MILITARY HISTORY

The 100 Worst Military Disasters in History – Kuehn et al

MECHANIZED WARFARE, ARTILLERY, AND TANK STUDIES – MODERN

 

MEDIEVAL AND DARK AGES WARFARE

Isabella of France

Byzantium in the Time of Troubles – ed McGeer and Nesbitt

MILITARY AVIATION

 

MODERN MILITARY STUDIES

Defense, Peace, and War Economics – Christopher Coyne

MODERN WARFARE/20TH-21ST CENTURY

Screening the Red Army Faction – Christina Gerhardt

Priests de La Resistance – Butler-Gallie

An Incipient Mutiny

Grunt Slang in Vietnam Words of the War – Gordon L. Rottman

RAF College, Cranwell: A Centenary Celebration – Roger Annett

From the Cold War to the War on Terror – Michael Haygarth

The Republic of Vietnam, 1955-1975 – ed Tuong Vu

At The Forward Edge of Battle – PB

My War Criminal – Jessica Stern

NAPOLEONIC WARS/19TH CENTURY WARFARE

NATIVE AMERICAN WARS

NAVAL SHIP STUDIES

RENAISSANCE WARFARE

TERRORISM AND WAR

Overcoming Boko Haram – ed Mustapha and Meagher

UNITED STATES CIVIL WAR

The Union Assaults at Vicksburg – Smith

WAR AND CULTURE

 

WAR ART, LITERATURE, AND MOVIES

Cold War Cosmpolitanism

WORLD WAR I

WORLD WAR II

Hitler’s War Beneath the Waves – Michael FitzGerald

The Hunt for Jimmie Brown

Such Splendid Prisons

Zitadelle The SS-Panzer-Korps on the Attack, July 1943 – Massimiliano Afieros

American Armor in the Pacific Casemate Illustrated – Mike Guardia PB

Blood in the Forest PB

Siege of Malta 1940-42 – Anthony Rogers

Race of Aces –John Bruning

The Art of Resistance – Justus Rosenberg

Indestructible – Jack Lucas

A House in the Mountains – Caroline Moorehead

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Military History Newsletter December 2019

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Welcome to the first issue of the WarScholar newsletter.  The Marines in Iraq and Spitfires over Europe this week. I interviewed Ed Darak about his book on the Marines fight in Anbar in 2006-2007. Listen here. I also interviewed Andrew Critchell about his history of ten Spitfires fighting the German Luftwaffe in WII. Read it here.

And in our book list below we give you everything you could ask for in military history. Tactics, war movies, logistics, ancient, WWII, Samurai clans, Crusaders, Napoleonic artillery and more. Enjoy! Click here for a list of relevant books being published between January and June 2020.

AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, AND SYRIA – MODERN WARFARE

This is Minuteman

Night Letters

ANCIENT WARFARE

Brill’s Companion to Sieges in the Ancient Mediterranean

The Persian War in Herodotus and Other Ancient Voices

Ancient Egyptian Warfare

ASIAN AND AFRICAN PRE-MODERN WARFARE

The Remarkable History of the Yagyu Clan – William De Lange

GENERAL MILITARY HISTORY

Delivering Victory

MECHANIZED WARFARE, ARTILLERY, AND TANK STUDIES – MODERN

German Military Vehicles in the Spanish Civil War

MEDIEVAL AND DARK AGES WARFARE

Recalcitrant Crusaders?

Britain in the Age of Arthur

MILITARY AVIATION

The Messerschmitt Bf 109 E – David Johnston

MODERN MILITARY STUDIES

The Culture of Military Organizations

MODERN WARFARE/20TH-21ST CENTURY

Insurgency and War in Nigeria

Laying the Past to Rest

No Barrier Can Contain It

NAPOLEONIC WARS/19TH CENTURY WARFARE

The French Artillery of the Napoleonic War

NATIVE AMERICAN WARS

Seeking Conflict in Mesoamerica

NAVAL SHIP STUDIES

US Landing Craft of World War II, Vol 1

RENAISSANCE WARFARE

Warfare and Politics

TERRORISM AND WAR

Terrorist Decision-Making

UNITED STATES CIVIL WAR

The Second American Revolution

Caught in the Maelstrom

The Visible Confederacy

Living by Inches

WAR AND CULTURE

The Great War in Hollywood Memory, 1918-1939

WAR ART, LITERATURE, AND MOVIES

Nightmares in the Dream Sanctuary

Civil War Monuments and the Militarization of America

WORLD WAR I

Rumors of the Great War

Ireland and the Great War

Little Italy in the Great War

WORLD WAR II

Courage and Fear

Blind Bombing

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