num_pages: 312
description: From the back cover blurb:Who fought in Vietnam? How did nearly 9,000,000 American men eligible for the draft manage to get themselves deferred or exempted? Who were the "deserters" and "draft resisters"? Why did only 3,000 of the 200,000 officially charged with violating the draft actually go to jail? On the basis of extensive research and a wealth of personal case histories, two senior officials of President Ford's Clemency Board here come up with some startling - and depressing - answers, which reveal conclusively that America is far from the classless society it likes to pretend to be.
language: English
title: Chance and Circumstance: The Draft, the War, and the Vietnam Generation
titlecomplete: Chance and Circumstance: The Draft, the War, and the Vietnam Generation
genres: Sociology, History, Politics
ratings_count: 15
publisher: Random House Inc