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Table 21, p. 42. Data for Enlistees from Table 33, p. 52. For a full
discussion of the development and use of the Armed Forces Qualification
Test (AFQT), see p. 9.
41. David Cortright, Soldiers in Revolt: The American Military Today (New
York: Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1975), p. 195.
42. Peter Barnes, Pawns (New York: Warner Paperback Library, 1971).
43. Baskir and Strauss, Chance and Circumstance, p. 129.
44. See, for example, Robert Sherrill, Military Justice is to Justice as
Military Music is to Music (New York: Harper and Row, 1970),
p. 219 ff.
45. Baskir and Strauss, Chance and Circumstance, p. 130.
46. Ibid.
47. Ibid., pp. 47-48.
48. Another more limited avoidance mechanism for another sort of privileged
group is detailed in "Bald Case in Point: Pro Football's Magic Immunity,"
Life, lxi, December 9, 1966.
49. 'How to' books also helped the more educated avoid the draft. The
interest in this help is illustrated by the number of such books
published in a short period of time. They are clearly not published
for strictly academic work. See, for example: David Suttler,
Conrad IV-F: A J. Guide
Lynn, to
How Draft
to Stay Exemption Out of (New
the
York:
Army: Grove
A Guide Press, to Your
1970);
Rights
Under the Draft Law, 2nd edition, rev., (New York and London: Grove)
50. Maureen Mylander, The Generals (New York: Dial Press, 1974), p. 191.
51. Kinnard, War Managers, p. 115.
52. Westmoreland, A Soldier Reports, p. 296.
53. David R. Holmes, "Personal Tour Length," Military Review, August
1977, pp. 85-86.
54. Westmoreland, A Soldier Reports, p. 297.
55. Roger W. Little, ed., Selective Service and American Society (New
York: Russel Sage Foundation, 1969), pp. 5-7.
56. Department of Defense, A Study of Military Compensation, 1962.
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