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1 online resource |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part 1. 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?" -- Part 2. 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-voluteer force: "Promises have been broken." -- The Beltway battle: "Our industry is under siege." -- The Reagonomics of smoking: "An economic burden we can no longer bear." -- The downfall: "This provision [does not] deny a benefit to the military community, unless lung cancer and heart disease are benefits." -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
"Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em describes the origins of the often comfortable, yet increasingly controversial relationship among the military, the cigarette industry, and tobaccoland politicians during the twentieth century. After fostering the relationship between soldier and cigarette for more than five decades, the Department of Defense and fiscally minded legislators faced formidable political, cultural, economic, and internal challenges as they fought to unhinge the soldier-cigarette bond they had forged. Using the manufactured cigarette as a vehicle to explore political economy and interactions between the military and American society, Joel R. Bius helps the reader understand this important, yet overlooked aspect of 20th century America."--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Soldiers -- Health and hygiene -- United States.
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Soldiers -- Health and hygiene. |
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United States. |
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Soldiers. |
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Cigarettes -- History.
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Cigarettes. |
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History. |
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United States -- Armed Forces -- Military life -- History -- 20th century.
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Armed Forces. |
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20th century |
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Antismoking movement -- United States -- History.
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Antismoking movement. |
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Smoking -- Government policy -- United States -- History.
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Smoking -- Government policy. |
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Smoking. |
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Cigarettes -- Government policy -- United States.
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Government policy. |
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Smoking -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Tobacco use -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Tobacco use. |
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Cigarette industry -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Cigarette industry. |
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United States -- Armed Forces -- Health and hygiene.
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Armed Forces -- Military life. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Rise and fall of the military cigarette ration |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Bius, Joel R., 1974- author. Smoke 'em if you got 'em Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2018] 9781682473351 (DLC) 2018019072 |
| ISBN |
1682473600 |
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9781682473603 (electronic book) |
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9781682473351 (hardcover) (alkaline paper) |
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