The Draft
“Race, class, culture — the draft in the 1960s and 1970s was a lightning rod that lit up every schism in American society.”
2015•53m•8.0•Released
DocumentaryWar
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.
Director
Aaron Matthews
Writer
Don Campbell, Aaron Matthews
Languages
English
Studio
Partisan Pictures
Cast
Campbell Scott
Self - Narrator (voice)
Donald Rumsfeld
Self
Dan Rather
Self
Tom Hayden
Self
Production
Company
Partisan Pictures
Producer
Aaron Matthews
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