Chance and Circumstance; The Draft, The War, and The Vietnam Generation
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. xix, [1], 312, [2] pages. DJ has wear, soiling and small tears/chips. Illustrations. Table. Includes Foreword by Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, Preface; The Vietnam Generation; Avoiders; Evaders; Deserters; Exiles; Amnesty; Legacies; Notes; Bibliography, and Index. Also contains figures on Vietnam Generation; Civilian Avoiders; Military Avoiders; Evaders; Military Offenders; Military Punishment; Exiles; Amnesty--Civilians; and Amnesty-Military. Also contains a table on the Likelihood of Vietnam-Era Service; Avoiders; Evaders; Deserters; and Exiles. Lawrence M. Baskir (born January 10, 1938) is a Senior Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims serving since 1997. He was chief judge from 2000 to 2002 and a judge on the court from 1998 to 2013 before assuming senior status in 2013. Baskir received a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Princeton University in 1959 followed by an Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1962. Baskir joined the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary in 1965 and served till 1967 and then resumed service from 1969–1974 while becoming chief counsel and staff director from 1969–1974. He then was chief executive officer of the Presidential Clemency Board for The White House from 1974–1975. Baskir joined the Vietnam Project as a research professor and director at the University of Notre Dame Law School from 1975–1977. He was the Principal Deputy General Counsel for the United States Army from 1994–1998. More