This unique study argues that the draft dodgers who went to
Canada during the Vietnam War were not always the anti-war radicals
portrayed in popular culture. Many were the products of stable,
conservative, middle class homes who were more interested in
furthering their education and careers than in fighting in
Southeast Asia. The conflict in Vietnam was just one cause among
many for their deep sense of disaffection from the land of their
birth. These expatriates remained quintessentially American,
because evading the draft was in their opinion consistant with the
very best American traditions of individualism and resistance to
undue authority or state servitude.
Although the war was not the only or even the primary reason for
their immigration to Canada, it was the final action in response to
an increasing sense of alientation from America that many had felt
since childhood. Kusch's work also raises questions about what it
means to be an American. Intriguingly, it suggests the actions of
these expatriates should be seen not merely as a drastic response
to the Vietnam war, but as a commitment to the core ideals of
American and European thought since the Enlightenment.
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