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25. The estimate of WWII deserters is from Wikipedia. The estimate of conscientious objectors during WWII is from the Living Libraries of the University of California at Irvine.

26. Giraldi, P. Deserters, Traitors and Resistors: A Long Tradition of Those Who Walked Away From War. Huff Post, September 22, 2014.

27. For President Truman's decision, see Crotty, R. The Draft Dodgers of 1944. National Archives, September 16, 2010. For President Ford's decision see Bates, M. President Ford's Clemency Program for Draft Dodgers and Deserters. Free Republic, December 27, 2006. For President Carter's decision see Lescaze, L. President Pardons Viet Draft Dodgers. The Washington Post, January 22, 1977.

28. Fitzgerald, F. America Revised: History Schoolbooks in the Twentieth Century. Little Brown & Company, 1979.

29. Einstein, A. Original source unknown.

30. Eckhardt, W. "Civilian Deaths in Wartime." Security Dialogue, 2008 (1), 89-98.

31. Josephson, M. Teaching Ethical Decision-Making and Principled Reasoning. Ethics: Easier Said than Done, 1988, 1, 27-33.

32. Noble, S. Anarchy and Near-Term Extinction. Dissident Voice, June 18, 2014.

33. See Killology Research Group. A Warrior Science Group Partner. kil lology.com.

34. Ibid.

35. click here.

36. Opcit. "911!" See Chapter 5, Pp. 53-74 for a thorough discussion of the power elite's props.

37. Roberts, PC. Why War Is Inevitable. OpEdNews, May 26, 2014.

38. Opcit. "911!" My discussion of the power triangle and power rectangle as symbols for the distribution of power in a nation see Pp. 3-4 and 104-105.

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