Conscription (Law) AKA the draft
Conscription
1862 AD - 1863 AD
AKA the draft
The compulsory enlistment of people in a national service, most often a military service.
Conscription dates back to antiquity and it continues in some countries to the present day under various names.
Conscription is controversial for a range of reasons, including conscientious objection to military engagements on religious or philosophical grounds; political objection, for example to service for a disliked government or unpopular war; sexism, in that historically only men have been subject to the draft; and ideological objection, for example, to a perceived violation of individual rights.
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