Conscription

As an American, it is one’s duty to support and stand for the views of the United States through various policies, human rights, and the classic American ideals. However, over the years, these ideas and interpretation of rights have often changed. We have seen this though radical new laws that would have never been accepted a few centuries ago. Some of these new policies are things such as the legalizing same-sex marriage through the entire nation, legalizing medical marijuana, or death with…

Pros of the Military Draft Research shows that the military draft makes our country stronger by making our government and people stronger as a whole. Our nation would not have to struggle to find enough people to fight. A country with the draft would be brought together in unity in a sense of nationalism. The draft also has worked successfully for America in the past and continues to work for foreign countries still today. Drafting women would also allow more people into the military.…

Good or Bad? “Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.” Thomas Jefferson said this. He was talking about how men should fight for their country. We all know about the draft that was instated during the Vietnam War. During the Vietnam War about one-third of the people were drafted to participate. At the beginning of the war, all the names of American men within the age limit, which is between 18 and 25 years of age,…

At first Prime Minister Lloyd George did not enforced conscription to Ireland because of their strenuous relationship. He and other members of the cabinet knew that Irish conscription would not aid the war effort, as it would jeopardize the Irish Convention, which had been searching for a solution to the Irish Question. Up until the German Offensive destroyed Britain’s fifth army and the pressure to conscript Ireland became overwhelming. Prime Minister Lloyd George had pressure coming from every…

morale was also boosted though, in which they considered both campaigns a victory. Also, people would later look back and view the Gettysburg as a decisive turning point in the war, and also as the beginning of the end of the Confederacy. 2. The Conscription Act made a majority of the northerners furious, mainly because of the commutation fee of three hundred dollars to buy their way out of service. That amount of money was an average year’s pay for an unskilled laborer which led to claims…

choose what will serve the greatest good for the greatest number; therefore, when trying to determine what will best serve the American people, it makes sense to raise an army with numbers that will adequately defend the Union. One might argue that conscription, or forced service, is a violation of the citizens’ rights; however, Article 1 section 8 of the United States Constitution grants congress the ability to “raise and support armies” and “call forth the Militia to… suppress insurrections”.…

Compassion In Tim O’Brien’s, “The Things They Carried”, he introduces his extremely personal story to his readers “On the Rainy River” that he supposedly has never told anyone. With this chapter he is faced with a huge life-changing crisis, he had been drafted to serve in the United States Army to fight in the Vietnam War. O’Brien felt trapped, he was completely opposed to this forced command but there was no way out. He couldn’t even fathom why he would have to risk his life for a war that he…

The Ball and Chains of War In the short story, “The Things They Carried”, Tim O’Brien does an excellent job of using various literary elements to develop a theme of the emotional and physical burdens soldiers endure. The two main literary elements that develop this theme most clearly are his uses of character, and use of symbolism. In “The Things They Carried”, Tim O’Brien narrates a story in first person about being drafted into the army and fighting in Vietnam. He tells us of a man who…

NEED TO CONVERT PAGE NUMBERS I chose “Caught in the Draft: The Effects of Vietnam Draft Lottery Status on Political Attitudes” by Robert Erikson and Laura Stoker for my journal article memorandum. This article featured in The American Political Science Review in May of 2011. I chose this article for two major reasons with the first being my passion for military history and specifically the intricacies of the Vietnam War. However, the second and much more important reason is the uniqueness of…

In addition, a lot of people did not want to get involved in the war. Some people saw no point of the war and lacked interest. Forty three thousand of the 10 million people drafted refused to fight, which resulted in 6,000 people being arrests. As well as that 350,000 people were involved in draft evasion. The treatment of the enlisted men and officers varied depending on their appearance for the lack of better word. There was barely any organized opposition to oppose the war. The only group…