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12 - “Army in Anguish”

The U.S. Army, Europe, in the Early 1970s

from Part Five - The 1970s and 1980s

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2013

By
Alexander Vazansky
Edited by
Thomas W. Maulucci, Jr  and
Detlef Junker
Thomas W. Maulucci, Jr
Affiliation:
State University of New York
Detlef Junker
Affiliation:
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany
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Summary

This chapter outlines the perception of the problem in the national press and in Department of Defense publications. In September 1971, the Washington Post ran a series of articles on the state of the U.S. Army entitled "Army in Anguish". The chapter presents an analysis of two of the three main problem areas, drug abuse and race relations. The issue of drug abuse in the U.S. Army arose in Vietnam. The drug rehabilitation program in Vietnam became the model for the army's drug programs all over the world. As with the problem of race relations, the problem of drug abuse in U.S. Army, Europe (USAREUR) had specific aspects that made it particularly worrisome. Finally, the chapter describes the measures taken to calm the situation by the new commander in chief, Michael Shannon Davison.
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GIs in Germany
The Social, Economic, Cultural, and Political History of the American Military Presence
 , pp. 273 - 295
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2013

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