Conscription in the United States

Selections by Tim O’Brien In 1990, Tim O’Brien introduces his book “The Things They Carried” which consists of interrelated short stories pertaining to the Vietnam War, which took place from 1955-1975, being that he is a veteran of the war. O’Brien introduces “Ambush” and “On the Rainy River”, which are the two selections that are being focused on. The related themes include; moral responsibility to do something generally acceptable by society, death and the distinction between right and…

Farmers were expected to produce enough food for both the military and those at home. On April 16, 1862 the Congress of the Confederacy passed the Conscription Act of 1862. This act drafted all white males from the ages of 18 to 35 for three years of military service. There were laws put in place that allowed men to escape the draft. The Twenty Slave Law was passed October 11, 1862 in response to the…

Strength in Numbers (A discussion over reinstatement of conscription) Are you willing to make sacrifices to ensure the future of freedoms and prosperity provided within the United States of America’s borders? Some individuals would argue that it is every able bodied American’s duty to protect our way of life. One method capable of achieving this lofty goal that has been and is used by governments worldwide is conscription. Conscription is a mandatory enrollment in a government service or…

The year is 1968, and the Vietnam War is already 14 years underway. There is not a volunteer army, so the Selective Service System sends out a draft notice to all eligible males between the ages of 18 and 26. There were many ways to get out of the draft like having a disability, having a health condition, being a conscientious objector, being a student or choosing to flee to Canada. What would the feelings be of a young man with a bright future who just received a notice? This is what the author…

situation unfolded in the 1960s and 1970s when the United States entered into the Vietnam War. Many United States citizens felt that entering the war was irrelevant to our country’s…

lives were lost without seemingly any more hope of victory the popular support for the war drastically shrunk. Also as more and more people were exposed to the atrocities and savagery that was happening across the sea in Vietnam, the people of the United States began to realize how wrong the war really was. Soldiers would even refuse to report to their service and at one point “there were 33,960 delinquents nationwide” (Zinn, 476). In addition, as veterans of the war came home they began to…

Oyvind Fahlstrom’s 1965 Eddie (Sylvie’s Brother) in the Desert is just one of many different artworks that are on display in the new wing of the Art Institute of Chicago. This piece of artwork is part of a gallery on display titled The New Contemporary. It features an extraordinary amount of art works ranging from the years of 1945 to today. Fahlstrom’s piece features ink and tempera on wood along with twenty cutouts on vinyl. In the early 1960’s he began to make what he called “variable”…

based on today’s technology and global international relations standards. Unlike Francis Bacon’s underground utopia the New Atlantis, it is not a city in a fictional place, but rather located in Southern California, existing among large and strong states. It is a community…

Veterans Day! I was not on FB yesterday so today I will give my 2cent 's worth. Looking back in time, I remember getting out of HS thinking about what I should do with my life. I had no Idea. My parents wanted me to go to some kind of collage. There are people that are made to go to school well I am not one of them,and never was or will be. I realized that. My schooling was the School of hard knocks.from 1971 till? I remember it was a Saturday back in June of 1971. We where (my close…

wheather torture of terrorists is morally acceptable. Its more or less evenly divided among the citizens of the United States. Some find it against moral standards and American beliefs. Others may find it acceptable to torture terrorists for the safety and well being for the American people and for all around the world. But its not about beliefs, its about the results. If the United States were to torture terrorists for intel that could prevent terrorists attackes…