From Yellow Gate to Golden DoorCanada's Reception of US Draft Dodgers and Deserters during the Vietnam War
ISSN: 0212-4130
Ano de publicación: 2002
Número: 20
Páxinas: 37-44
Tipo: Artigo
Outras publicacións en: Revista de Filología de la Universidad de La Laguna
Resumo
The Vietnam War fostered the exodus of a number of young Americans who opposed the war on personal as well as moral grounds. Two groups must be distinguished in this regard: draft-dodgers (primarily of middle- and middle-upper class backgrounds) and deserters (primarily from the working-class). Their plea turned them into political pawns due to Canada’s neutral status in the conflict, as well as to the political turmoil that was unraveling in the United States