draft

Provides a clear understanding of the Vietnam war and its impact on all aspects of U.S. society.

Discusses the draft system during the Vietnam War, with photographs, and covers antiwar demonstrations, conscientious objectors, military in-processing and training, and resisters who fled to Canada or Sweden due to personal or moral reasons or to avoid a lottery that seemed biased against the poor and minorities.

A guide to how the Selective Service system works, how to deal with it, and presents alternatives in order to make an intelligent decision.

Presents information on several aspects of the U.S. military, including its history, problems and controversies, and its comparison to militaries around the world, and includes biographical sketches, primary documents, annotated directories of organizations, and print and nonprint resources.

Explores issues associated with the topic of conscientious objectors, tracing it back to colonial times; and looks at the 1967 Supreme Court case involving Muhammad Ali.

Explains the history and present status of the selective service process and argues pro and con draft registration for men and women.

Contains twelve articles that provide opposing viewpoints on issues related to the military draft, debating the questions of whether a military draft should be reinstated, the effects of a draft on society, and who should be drafted.

Explores the arguments both for and against mandatory military service, analyzing the fundamental issues surrounding the debate over mandatory service in the United States.

Presents historical information about the Civil War interspersed with a story about Daniel Mayfield and his parents who prepare to leave their home in Tennessee for the safety of Kentucky in order to avoid the boy's conscription into the Confederate army.

Contains twenty-four essays that offer varying perspectives on issues related to military drafts, including if the United States should reinstate a draft, the effects of a draft on U.S. society, who should be subject to a draft, and alternatives to drafting; and provides discussion questions, contact information for organizations, and bibliographies.