Amy Rutenberg's guest appearances

Amy Rutenberg

Military History Inside Out

Veterans Radio

Carl Nelson

Jason Redman

Kyle Carpenter

Jocko Willink

John Lee Dumas

Garth Ennis

Tom Jones

Robert E. Lee

Jeremy Schwartz

John F. Kennedy

John Gardner

Marcus Luttrell

Chris Franklin

Kitty Hawk

Chuck Yeager

OwlTail

Check out this book here https://amzn.to/3dHHiZ6 Dr. Amy Rutenberg studies gender history. Her first book is about the US draft during the Cold War, especially during the Vietnam War. We discussed the book. 0:56 – Amy talks about how she got into writing on the US draft of the early 20th century. 2:08 – Amy…

Check out this book here <a href="https://amzn.to/3dHHiZ6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3dHHiZ6</a> Dr. Amy Rutenberg studies gender history. Her first book is about the US draft during the Cold War, especially during the Vietnam War. We discussed the book. 0:56 – Amy talks about how she got into writing on the US draft of the early 20th century. 2:08 – Amy…

Cold War military history book – “Rough Draft” (Cornell University Press, 2019) – Amy Rutenberg interview

Amy Rutenberg is the author of "Rough Draft" that exposes the race and class inequities of the Selective Service during the Vietnam War. Amy J. Rutenberg argues that policy makers' idealized conceptions of Cold War middle-class masculinity directly affected whom they targeted for conscription and also for deferment. Federal officials believed that college-educated men could protect the nation from the threat of communism more effectively as civilians than as soldiers. The availability of deferments for this group mushroomed between 1945 and 1965, making it less and less likely that middle-class white men would serve in the Cold War army. Meanwhile, officials used the War on Poverty to target poorer and racialized men for conscription in the hopes that military service would offer them skills they could use in civilian life.As Rutenberg shows, manpower policies between World War II and the Vietnam War had unintended consequences. While some men resisted military service in Vietnam for reasons of political conscience, most did so because manpower polices made it possible. By shielding middle-class breadwinners in the name of national security, policymakers militarized certain civilian roles―a move that, ironically, separated military service from the obligations of masculine citizenship and, ultimately, helped kill the draft in the United States.  She discusses with host Jim Fausone the implications of a draft today and the upcoming report to Congress on the adjustments if a draft was to be implemented.  While young citizens fear a draft as a result of current military action, what is the reality of implimenting a draft?

Amy Rutenberg is the author of "Rough Draft" that exposes the race and class inequities of the Selective Service during the Vietnam War. Amy J. Rutenberg argues that policy makers' idealized conceptions of Cold War middle-class masculinity directly affected whom they targeted for conscription and also for deferment. Federal officials believed that college-educated men could protect the nation from the threat of communism more effectively as civilians than as soldiers. The availability of deferments for this group mushroomed between 1945 and 1965, making it less and less likely that middle-class white men would serve in the Cold War army. Meanwhile, officials used the War on Poverty to target poorer and racialized men for conscription in the hopes that military service would offer them skills they could use in civilian life.<br><br>As Rutenberg shows, manpower policies between World War II and the Vietnam War had unintended consequences. While some men resisted military service in Vietnam for reasons of political conscience, most did so because manpower polices made it possible. By shielding middle-class breadwinners in the name of national security, policymakers militarized certain civilian roles―a move that, ironically, separated military service from the obligations of masculine citizenship and, ultimately, helped kill the draft in the United States.  She discusses with host Jim Fausone the implications of a draft today and the upcoming report to Congress on the adjustments if a draft was to be implemented.  While young citizens fear a draft as a result of current military action, what is the reality of implimenting a draft?

Draft - the How, Why and Need with Prof Amy Rutenberg