The Draft
Documentary · War
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.
About
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.
- Status
- Released
- Country
- US
- Languages
- English
- Subtitles
- English
- Genres
- Documentary, War
Cast
Campbell Scott
Self - Narrator (voice)
Donald Rumsfeld
Self
Dan Rather
Self
Tom Hayden
Self
