Uncle Sam Does Not Want You: Military Rejection and Discharge during the World Wars
Description:
In the United States, rapid military mobilization for the world wars marked a turning point in the national need to manage and evaluate manpower. To orchestrate manpower needs for the military, industry, and those relating to familial obligations, Woodrow Wilson's administration created the Selective Service System during the First World War. In categorizing men, local Selective Service boards utilized rapid physical and psychological diagnostic techniques and applied their assessments to curre…
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Date:
August 2019
Creator:
Smith Chamberlain, Tiffany Leigh