Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
British military service tribunals, 1916-1918 British military service tribunals, 1916-1918 James McDermott This is the first substantial analysis of the work of British Military Service Tribunals, established in 1916 to adjudicate applications for exemption from military service (partial conscription was … OL16299866W
Lordship and military obligation in Anglo-Saxon England Lordship and military obligation in Anglo-Saxon England Richard Philip Abels xii, 313 p., [8] p. of plates : 24 cm OL1888822W
Face to face with your draft board Face to face with your draft board Allan Blackman This book was designed to assist conscientious objectors facing a personal appearance before their draft boards. It addresses the bureaucratic details that conscienctious objectors had to navigate an… OL19692423W
National Service National Service Richard Vinen "Richard Vinen's new book is a serious - if often very entertaining - attempt to get to grips with the reality of National Service, an extraordinary institution which now seems as remote as the Briti… OL20288159W
Reluctant Warriors Reluctant Warriors Patrick M. Dennis xvii, 311 pages : 24 cm OL21325297W
From soldier to civvy From soldier to civvy Cameron Blake "[The book] explores National Service from a number of different angles. It contains in-depth accounts from a diverse selection of former conscripts ... A number of frank and humorous letters home fr… OL22406595W
The draft The draft L. B. Taylor Explains the history and present status of the selective service process and argues pro and con draft registration for men and women. OL3023208W
They went into the fight cheering! They went into the fight cheering! Walter Carrington Hilderman "This book discusses the day-to-day operation of the Confederate conscription process in North Carolina during the Civil War"--Provided by publisher. OL5835802W