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09.04.2004 09:28:51
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Локальные конфликты;
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Цифирочки
Уж не обессудьте, то, что навскидку накопал в сети:
"During 1966 Westmoreland requested more ground troops, and by year's end the U.S. ground force level "in country" reached 385,000..."
"Late in 1967, with 485,600 U.S. troops in Vietnam, Westmoreland announced..."
"In March 1968, Johnson decided that the size of the U.S. effort in Vietnam had grown as large as could be justified. Prompted by a request from Westmoreland and JCS Chairman General Earle G. Wheeler for 206,000 more men..."
Источник: http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/vietnam/anderson.htm
Типа маловато будет?
Насчет призыва:
"Many young American men feared being sent to Vietnam, and hundreds of them fled to Canada or Sweden to avoid the draft. At that time, not all men of draft age were actually conscripted; the Selective Service Board used a lottery system to select draftees. Some men found sympathetic doctors who could find a medical basis for classifying as 4F, making them ineligible to be drafted. Others took advantage of a student deferment. Still others joined the National Guard or entered the Peace Corps as a way of avoiding Vietnam." Гы-гы-гы - тут насчет Куста ну прям в точку. Неприятно, конечно, когда кумир рушится, но ничего, вы это переживете.
Тыкскыть, общая цифирочка - причем в сравнении:
"Number of men drafted into the military for major 20th-century conflicts:
World War I (1917-1918) -- 2,666,867
World War II (1940-1946) -- 10,110,114
Korea (June 1950-June 1953) -- 1,529,537
Vietnam (August 1964- February 1973) -- 1,766,910 "
http://www.worldhistory.com/wiki/V/Vietnam-War.htm
Т.о., общее число за все годы конфликта составило нехилую цифирку за полтора лимона. Пустячок такой.