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

by Brian McAllister Linn

Book Overview

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"