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Interview with James M. Fallows, 1982 / Produced by Richard Ellison
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Vietnam: A Television History
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Late Twentieth Century (1975-2000).
- Colleges and universities.
- Draft evasion.
- Military deference.
- Military draft.
- Physical health.
- Social classes.
- Social movements.
- Students.
- Economic classes.
- Cambridge, MA.
- United States.
- Local Subjects:
- Late Twentieth Century (1975-2000).
- Colleges and universities.
- Draft evasion.
- Military deference.
- Military draft.
- Physical health.
- Social classes.
- Social movements.
- Students.
- Economic classes.
- Cambridge, MA.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Interview
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (23 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, MA : WGBH Boston, 1983.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- James Fallows, a military affairs writer for the Atlantic Monthly among other publications, recounts his loss of faith in American leadership as a student at Harvard in the late 1960's. He describes being increasingly uncomfortable with the war just before the time he learned he had a low draft number, making it likely he would be sent to Vietnam. Fallows goes into detail about the lengths Harvard and MIT students would go to receive deferments, all but ensuring families like theirs-upper class families-would be spared the physical costs of the war.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed December 12, 2018).
- OCLC:
- 827297899
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