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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Deserter"”.
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From Confederate Deserter to Decorated Veteran Bible Scholar: Exploring the Enigmatic Life of C.I. Scofield 1861-1921.
<p>Cyrus Ingerson Scofield portrayed himself as a decorated Confederate veteran, a successful lawyer, and a Bible scholar who was providentially destined to edit his 1909 dispensational opus, <em>The Scofield Reference Bible</em>. This thesis offers a multilayered image of Dr. Scofield's life by …
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Voting with Their Feet: Union Desertion in the Army of the Potomac, 1861-1865
… they clearly favor the study of the Confederate deserter. The Union deserter has received only nominal consideration. This study is an effort to give the Union deserter some long-overdue attention. More specifically, it endeavors to examine not only the "traditional explanations" for desertion, …
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"Ideological Complicity in Vietnam War Narratives From ""the Quiet American"" To ""miss Saigon"""
… veterans whether as nonwhite other, lunatic, or deserter in films of the 1970s and 1980s from Cool Breeze to Distant Thunder and in novels such as Going After Cacciato and The Things They Carried. Chapter 4 argues that the film Apocalypse Now and the musical Miss Saigon share an ambivalence about …
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A Matter of Increasing Perplexity: Public Perception, Treatment, and Military Influence of Refugees in the Shenandoah Valley During the American Civil War
… white Unionists, Black self-emancipated people, deserters, and pro-Confederate civilians. This thesis discusses how each of these groups challenged Americans' culturally-constructed definition of the word "refugee." It also demonstrates how military commanders made use of refugees as sources of …