Screen LibrarySmoke 'em if you got 'em : the rise and fall of the military cigarette ration /
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Naval Institute Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Annapolis, Maryland : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xii, 302 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-285) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781682473351 (hardcover) : 168247335X (hardcover) 9781682473603 (electronic book) 1682473600 (electronic book) |
| Index Number: | UH603 |
| CLC: |
R163.2-017.12 R82-171.2 |
| Call Number: | R82-171.2/B624 |
| Contents: |
The rise -- Smoke rising: "I'd give a boy the cigarettes." -- The damn Y Man: "The American Army is thoroughly molly-coddled." -- General March's ration: "Enlist and all will be well." -- The greatest generation of smokers: "Do you just assume that every soldier in the United States Army smokes?" -- The fall -- Operation Volar: "The taxpayer was being taken for a ride in two directions at once." -- Soldier-starters: "The renewal of the market stems almost entirely from 18-year-old smokers." -- Health care and the all-volunteer force: "Promises have been broken." -- |