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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
  • 1900-1999
  • Soldiers > Health and hygiene > United States
  • Cigarettes > History
  • Antismoking movement > United States > History
  • Smoking > Government policy > History. > United States
  • Cigarettes > Government policy > United States
  • Smoking > United States > History > 20th century
  • Tobacco use > United States > History > 20th century
  • Cigarette industry > United States > History > 20th century
  • Antismoking movement
  • Armed Forces > Military life
  • Cigarette industry
  • Cigarettes
  • Smoking
  • Smoking > Government policy
  • Soldiers > Health and hygiene
  • Tobacco use
  • United States > Armed Forces > Military life > History > 20th century
  • United States > Armed Forces > Health and hygiene
  • United States
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-285) and index.
ISBN
  • 9781682473351
  • 168247335X
  • 9781682473603 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2018019072
OCLC
  • on1028623871
  • SCSB-9217565
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library