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Conscription

Conscription, also known as the draft in American English and Philippine English, is the practice in which the compulsory enlistment in a national service, mainly a military service, is enforced by law. Conscription dates back to antiquity and it continues in some countries to the present day under various names.

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Arguments against conscription

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Conscription

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related to United States · 29
Conscription → Afghanistan, Code, Congress, District Court, Ever, Fifth Circuit, Fourteenth Amendment's, However, In February, In National Coalition, Judge Gray, Males, Men, Militia Clauses, Miller, National Coalition, National Guard, President Gerald Ford, President Jimmy Carter, Selective Service
related to In modern times · 26
Conscription → Act, Any Frenchman, Deputy Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, European, France, Frederick, French, French Revolution, Given, Grande Armée, Great, However, It, Modern, More, Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon's, Prussia, Prussian, Prussian Army
related to Sexism · 23
Conscription → Americans, Appeals, Austria, Circuit, Court, Defense Authorization Act, Germany, House, In, In September, Men, Men's, National Defense Authorization Act, Representatives, Selective Service, Switzerland, The, The National Coalition, This, US
related to Norway · 22
Conscription → About, Alternative, April, As, Civil, European, Former, In, June, Kongeriket Norges Grunnlov, March, NATO, Neglecting, Norway, Norwegian, Norwegian Parliament, Norwegians, Not, On, Since
related to Political and moral motives · 22
Conscription → American, Americans, Aristotle, Charles Rangel, Classical, He, Iraq War, Israel's People's Army Model, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Jonathan Alter, Livy, Mickey Kaus, Niccolò Machiavelli, Other, Roman Army, Roman Republic, Similarly, Some, The Discourses, The Prince
related to Netherlands · 20
Conscription → By, Cold War, Conscientious, Dutch, Every, For, French, Furthermore, Holland, Instead, It, King, Later, Louis Bonaparte, Napoleon's, Netherlands, Postponement, Service Duty, Since, The
related to Involuntary servitude · 19
Conscription → Arver, Ayn Rand, Congress, Constitution, Emma Goldman, For, However, In, It, January, Libertarian Party, Many American, Ron Paul, Selective Service System, Supreme Court, The, The Court, Thirteenth Amendment's, United States
related to Other countries · 19
Conscription → AustraliaConscription, EgyptConscription, FranceConscription, GeorgiaConscription, MalaysiaConscription, MexicoConscription, Mozambique, MyanmarConscription, New ZealandConscription, North KoreaConscription, Ottoman EmpireConscription, RussiaConscription, Russian EmpireConscription, SingaporeConscription, South KoreaConscription, SwitzerlandConscription, TurkeyConscription, UkraineConscription, VietnamConscription
related to Germany · 16
Conscription → Between, Border Guard Service, Bundesgrenzschutz, Bundeswehr, Cold War, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, Extending, Federal Border Guard, German, Germany, However, In, NATO, Since, The, With
related to Iran · 15
Conscription → Ali Khamenei's, Ayatollahs, Before, However, In Iran, IR, Iran, Iran-Iraq, Iranian, Islamic Republic, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Pahlavi, Some, Some Iranian, Therefore

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military service men women system war male army national forces however ottoman states years since draft conscripts mandatory serve conscripted

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the arrière-ban in Franceinstance ofand men at arms under local superiors appointed by the king or the local lord0.80text
Albaniansinstance ofas well as peoples from the Balkans0.80text
Greeksinstance ofas well as peoples from the Balkans0.80text
and South Slavsinstance ofas well as peoples from the Balkans0.80text
Egyptinstance ofIn places0.80text
from the Ayyubid dynasty to the time of Muhammad Ali of Egyptinstance ofIn places0.80text
mamluks were considered to beinstance ofIn places0.80text
order of battle to focus superior troops against inferior onesinstance ofThe Prussians were used to relying on superior organization and tactical factors0.80text
France reserved their conscript armies for home service while maintaining professional units for overseas duties.World WarsThe range of eligible ages for conscripting was expanded to meet national demand during the World Wars.In the United Statesinstance ofSome colonial powers0.80text
the Selective Service System drafted men for World War I initially in an age range from 21 to 30 but expanded its eligibility in 1918 to an age range of 18 to 45instance ofSome colonial powers0.80text
nursing or teachinginstance ofas all women with dependent children were exempt and many women were informally left in occupations0.80text
the number conscripted was relatively fewinstance ofas all women with dependent children were exempt and many women were informally left in occupations0.80text

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