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03275aam a2200433 i 4500 001 8A588448F69D11E78A00251D97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180111010238 008 150723t20162016enka b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2015018612 020 $a 1137519193 020 $a 9781137519191 035 $a (OCoLC)914417696 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BDX $d BTCTA $d OCLCF $d ZXQ $d ILI $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/n-us 050 00 $a KF4894 $b .I53 2016 $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/classification/K 082 00 $a 324.6/208835500973 $2 23 084 $a POL017000 $a POL000000 $a POL017000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Inbody, Donald S., $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2015045677 245 14 $a The soldier vote : $b war, politics, and the ballot in America / $c Donald S. Inbody. 264 1 $a Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; $b Palgrave Macmillan, $c 2016. 300 $a xvi, 270 pages ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a War, politics, and the soldier vote : some history -- Civil War partisanship : 1861-1862 -- Reelecting Mr. Lincoln : 1863-1865 -- The forgotten soldier -- World War II : race and politics -- Federalizing the vote : UOCAVA -- Barriers and disenfranchisement : the MOVE Act -- American civil-military relations -- American military demographics -- American military political behavior -- Conclusion : what and who cares? 520 $a "The Soldier Vote tells the story of how American citizens in the armed forces gained the right to vote while away from home. Beginning with the American Revolution, through the Civil War, and World War II, the ability for deployed military personnel to cast a ballot in elections was difficult and often vociferously resisted by politicians of both political parties. Finally, during the Cold War, Congress managed to pass the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act. That Act, along with further improvements in the early twenty-first century, began to make it easier for military personnel and American citizens living abroad to participate in elections at home. Using newly obtained data about the military voter, The Soldier Vote challenges some widely held views about the nature of the military vote and how service personnel vote"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "The Soldier Vote tells the story of how American citizens in the armed forces gained the right to vote while away from home"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Soldiers $x History. $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Absentee voting $z United States $x History. 650 7 $a HISTORY / Military / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Absentee voting. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00794704 650 7 $a Soldiers $x Suffrage. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01125315 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628 $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191211025141.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8A588448F69D11E78A00251D97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search