Jan 8, 2009

Another Night in the Ruins | Compare and Contrast

• 1960s: The U.S. military is involved in the Second Indochina War, known to Americans as the Vietnam War. Many Americans protest U.S. military involvement in the conflict and oppose mandatory military service (known as conscription or the draft). Young men are drafted right out of high school; some go to great lengths to avoid being sent to Vietnam, including fleeing to Canada, enrolling in college, or claiming conscientious objector status.

• Today: The U.S. military has been all-volunteer since 1973, although there is an attempt in 2003 to pass...