Elvis's Army: Cold War GIs and the Atomic Battlefield

by Brian McAllister Linn

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When the U.S. Army drafted Elvis Presley in 1958, it quickly set about transforming the King of Rock and Roll from a rebellious teen idol into a clean-cut GI. Trading in his gold-trimmed jacket for standard-issue fatigues, Elvis became a model soldier in an army facing the unprecedented challenge of building a fighting force for the Atomic Age.

In an era that threatened Soviet-American thermonuclear annihilation, the army declared it could...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0674737687

ISBN13:9780674737686

Release Date:September 2016

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:464 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.4" x 9.2"

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