Several nations offered them asylum, but travelling internationally without a passport was a challenge even in the 1960s.
A few, though, were so opposed to what the military was requiring them to do that they were prepared to reject the US entirely and to try to desert to another country. Most were simply seeking an early return to their former lives, which made them easy to track down, and the overwhelming majority quickly ended up back under military control. According to the official record, more than half a million American servicemen attempted to desert during the Vietnam War. Sweden, however, is a historical novel set much closer to our own time. The term “historical novel” usually arouses images of 18th-century swashbuckling.
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