re: #479 SanFranciscoZionist

I’m interested in the idea that ‘going to war’ was normative for most generations of American men. What we talk about when we talk about that is WWII. Most other wars didn’t have that kind of total mobilization.

Working-class boys growing up in the 40s-50s assumed the certainty of being drafted. If we provided the Army, the leaders would provide the war.