Introduction Road to World War I World War I 1920 to 1945 Limited Wars Operating the System Deferring the Elite Fit to Fight Conscription and the Economy Conscience and the Draft Politics of Conscription Evaluation and Conclusions Bibliography Index
GEORGE Q. FLYNN taught at Seattle University, Indiana University, the University of Miami, and Texas Tech University. He is the author of several books dealing with recent American political history. His most recent work is The Draft, 1940-1973 (1993). He resides in New Orleans, Louisiana.
"A well-researched, insightful, and highly useful comparative
history of conscription in three western nations. a splendid
addition to our knowledge of the draft and political culture in the
twentieth century."-John Whiteclay ChambersII Rutgers University
Editor-in-Chief, Oxford Companion to American Military History
"Conscription and Democracy does what no other book has ever done.
We come to a new understanding of modern democracies by looking at
the conscription systems of the United States, Great Britain and
France. Each of these countries confronted the dilemma of
involuntary military service in a free society in both similar and
contrasting ways. Combining systematic research with comparative
analysis, George Flynn makes a landmark contribution to a
critically important, but, heretofore, understudied
subject."-Charles Moskos Professor of Sociology Northwestern
University
"Historians talk a lot about writing comparative studies, but
rarely follow through and do them. George Flynn's admirable history
of conscription in France, Great Britain, and the United States is
therefore doubly welcome. Conscription and Democracy is well
written, thoroughly researched, and very intelligently
argued."-James T. Patterson Professor of History Brown
University
"George Flynn masterfully analyzes a complex issue in a very
readable way....[A]n exceptionally well-written and researched
book."-On Point
?Despite the manifest effectiveness of current volunteer systems,
the issue of how a nation determines "who does the dying" remains
vexing in this age of Small Wars, and will likely explode should
the nation go to war. Fortunately, Flynn has provided a key
referent for those discussions.?-The Journal of Military
History
?George Flynn masterfully analyzes a complex issue in a very
readable way....[A]n exceptionally well-written and researched
book.?-On Point
?This thoroughly researched and copiously referenced volume
examines conscription in France, Great Britain, and the US from the
perspective of the two world wars, limited and colonial struggles,
fairness, conscience, political strictures and their manifestations
in manning the militaries, how the parameters of conscription were
altered and interpreted historically, and the undulating support
for conscription. Appropriate as a reference source for advanced
students of history, political science, and sociology who are
interested in military studies.?-Choice
"Despite the manifest effectiveness of current volunteer systems,
the issue of how a nation determines "who does the dying" remains
vexing in this age of Small Wars, and will likely explode should
the nation go to war. Fortunately, Flynn has provided a key
referent for those discussions."-The Journal of Military
History
"This thoroughly researched and copiously referenced volume
examines conscription in France, Great Britain, and the US from the
perspective of the two world wars, limited and colonial struggles,
fairness, conscience, political strictures and their manifestations
in manning the militaries, how the parameters of conscription were
altered and interpreted historically, and the undulating support
for conscription. Appropriate as a reference source for advanced
students of history, political science, and sociology who are
interested in military studies."-Choice
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