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'''Conscription''' or the '''draft''' is compulsory military service in a country.   

'''Conscription''' or the '''draft''' is compulsory military service in a country.   

==21st century==

==21st century==

Today several countries employ conscription in order to keep their military filled including [[Israel]], [[South Korea]],[[Taiwan]], and [[Switzerland]].  The [[United States]] has employed conscription, known as "the draft" during times of war, though not since the [[Vietnam War]].  In the United States during the Vietnam era, the draft was performed by lottery. All American males must register for the draft when they reach eighteen years of age.

Today several countries employ conscription in order to keep their military filled including [[Israel]], [[South Korea]],[[Taiwan]], [[Russia]] and [[Switzerland]].  The [[United States]] has employed conscription, known as "the draft" during times of war, though not since the [[Vietnam War]].  In the United States during the Vietnam era, the draft was performed by lottery. All American males must register for the draft when they reach eighteen years of age.

==United States==

==United States==

==World War II==

===World War II===

* Flynn, George Q. ''The Draft, 1940-1973.'' Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1993; the standard history

* Flynn, George Q. ''The Draft, 1940-1973.'' Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1993; the standard history

* Clifford J. Garry, and Samuel R. Spencer Jr. ''The First Peacetime Draft.'' 1986.  

* Clifford J. Garry, and Samuel R. Spencer Jr. ''The First Peacetime Draft.'' 1986.  

* Robert Westbrook, "'I Want a Girl Just Like the Girl That Married Harry James': American Women and the Problem of Political Obligation in WWII," ''American Quarterly'' 42 (December 1990 ): 587-614; online in JSTOR

* Robert Westbrook, "'I Want a Girl Just Like the Girl That Married Harry James': American Women and the Problem of Political Obligation in WWII," ''American Quarterly'' 42 (December 1990 ): 587-614; online in JSTOR

==Cold War==

===Cold War===

* Flynn, George Q. ''The Draft, 1940-1973.'' Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1993; the standard history

* Flynn, George Q. ''The Draft, 1940-1973.'' Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1993; the standard history

==Recent==

===Recent===

* Warner, John T. and Beth J. Asch. "The Record and Prospects of the All-volunteer Military in the United States." ''Journal of Economic Perspectives'' 2001 15(2): 169-192. Issn: 0895-3309 Fulltext: in Jstor and Ebsco  

* Warner, John T. and Beth J. Asch. "The Record and Prospects of the All-volunteer Military in the United States." ''Journal of Economic Perspectives'' 2001 15(2): 169-192. Issn: 0895-3309 Fulltext: in Jstor and Ebsco  

* Evan M. Wooten; "Banging on the Backdoor Draft: The Constitutional Validity of Stop-Loss in the Military," ''William and Mary Law Review,''  Vol. 47, 2005 [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5013705830 online version]

* Evan M. Wooten; "Banging on the Backdoor Draft: The Constitutional Validity of Stop-Loss in the Military," ''William and Mary Law Review,''  Vol. 47, 2005 [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5013705830 online version]

==Primary sources==

===Primary sources===

* John Whiteclay Chambers II, ed. ''Draftees or Volunteers: A Documentary History of the Debate over Military Conscription in the United States, 1787-1973,'' (1975)  

* John Whiteclay Chambers II, ed. ''Draftees or Volunteers: A Documentary History of the Debate over Military Conscription in the United States, 1787-1973,'' (1975)  

==International Perpectives==

===International Perpectives===

* Flynn, George Q. "Conscription and Equity in Western Democracies, 1940-75." ''Journal of Contemporary History'' 1998 33(1): 5-20. Issn: 0022-0094 Fulltext: in Jstor and Ebsco  

* Flynn, George Q. "Conscription and Equity in Western Democracies, 1940-75." ''Journal of Contemporary History'' 1998 33(1): 5-20. Issn: 0022-0094 Fulltext: in Jstor and Ebsco  

*  Flynn, George Q.  ''Conscription and Democracy: The Draft in France, Great Britain, and the United States.'' Greenwood, 2001. 303 pp.   

*  Flynn, George Q.  ''Conscription and Democracy: The Draft in France, Great Britain, and the United States.'' Greenwood, 2001. 303 pp.