The Draft
2015
8.0 (1)
53 min
English
Race, class, culture — the draft in the 1960s and 1970s was a lightning rod that lit up every schism in American society.
Historians, veterans, politicians, and anti-war leaders discuss the history of the military draft in the United States through the Vietnam War, and examine the consequences of its replacement with an all-volunteer professional force currently comprising less than one-half of one percent of the population.
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- Released
- Production
- Partisan Pictures
Keywords
- vietnam war
- us military
- military history
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Top Cast
Campbell Scott as Self - Narrator (voice)
Donald Rumsfeld as Self
Dan Rather as Self
Tom Hayden as Self
Top Crew
Aaron Matthews · Director, Writer
Don Campbell · Writer
Mark Fason · Editor
Peter Schnall · Executive Producer
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