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Smoke 'em if you got 'em : the rise and fall of the military cigarette ration /

Title

Smoke 'em if you got 'em : the rise and fall of the military cigarette ration / Joel R. Bius.

Author

Bius, Joel R., 1974-

Publication

Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2018]
©2018

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Description

xii, 302 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm

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.

Alternative Title

Rise and fall of the military cigarette ration

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-285) and index.

ISBN

9781682473351
168247335X
9781682473603 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2018019072

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library