From “Porous” to “Ruthless” Conscription, 1776–1917
| dc.contributor.author | Henderson, David R. | |
| dc.contributor.department | Business & Public Policy (GSBPP) | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-04-15T16:32:30Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-04-15T16:32:30Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.description.abstract | What caused the United States to abandon its long tradition of a volunteer military, with some conscription by local and state governments, and to impose a harsh, federally run draft for almost forty years of the twentieth century? There were three major causes: (1) the existence of a much stronger central government, (2) a change in the political philosophy held by the elite, and (3) the Civil War draft. In this article, I document how each of these causes helped to bring about a harsh, ruthless draft in 1917, during the first year of U.S. participation in World War I. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | The Independent Review, v. 14, n. 4, Spring 2010, ISSN 1086–1653, Copyright © 2010, pp. 587–598. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10945/40466 | |
| dc.rights | This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States. | en_US |
| dc.title | From “Porous” to “Ruthless” Conscription, 1776–1917 | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication |
