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  • The Draft (2015)
  • TV-PG
    TV Movie | 55 min | Documentary, History
The Draft (2015)
TV-PG
TV Movie | 55 min | Documentary, History

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 ...See moreHistorians, 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. Written by yortsnave See less
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Director
Writers
Don Campbell (as Donald Campbell) | Aaron Matthews
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Updated Apr 27, 2015

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Apr 27, 2015 (United States)

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23 cast members
Name Known for
Campbell Scott
Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice)   See fewer
Muhammad Ali
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Andrew Bacevich
Self - Historian, Boston University (as Col. Andrew Bacevich PhD) Self - Historian, Boston University (as Col. Andrew Bacevich PhD)   See fewer
Charles A. Beckwith
Self (archive footage) (as Maj. Charles A. Beckwith) Self (archive footage) (as Maj. Charles A. Beckwith)   See fewer
Julian Bond
Self - Co-Founder, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Self - Co-Founder, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee   See fewer
Stokely Carmichael
Self - Co-Founder, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (archive footage) Self - Co-Founder, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (archive footage)   See fewer
Tom Cornell
Self - Draft Resistance Leader Self - Draft Resistance Leader   See fewer
Gregory Daddis
Self - Professor of History, U.S. Military Academy at West Point (as Col. Gregory Daddis) Self - Professor of History, U.S. Military Academy at West Point (as Col. Gregory Daddis)   See fewer
Kevin Farrell
Self - Fomer Chief of Military History, U.S. Military Academy (as Col. Kevin Farrell PhD) Self - Fomer Chief of Military History, U.S. Military Academy (as Col. Kevin Farrell PhD)   See fewer
Tom Hayden
Self - President, Students for a Democratic Society Self - President, Students for a Democratic Society   See fewer
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson) Self (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson)   See fewer
Hari Jones
Self - Curator, African American Civil War Museum Self - Curator, African American Civil War Museum   See fewer
James Lafferty
Self - Executive Director, National Lawyers Guild Self - Executive Director, National Lawyers Guild   See fewer
Meredith H. Lair
Self - Historian, George Mason University (as Meredith H. Lair PhD) Self - Historian, George Mason University (as Meredith H. Lair PhD)   See fewer
David McReynolds
Self - Draft Resistance Leader Self - Draft Resistance Leader   See fewer
Jennifer Mittelstadt
Self - Historian, Rutgers University (as Jennifer Mittelstadt PhD) Self - Historian, Rutgers University (as Jennifer Mittelstadt PhD)   See fewer
Seth Moulton
Self - (D) Massachusetts (as Rep. Seth Moulton) Self - (D) Massachusetts (as Rep. Seth Moulton)   See fewer
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Self - (D) Washington, D.C. (as Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton) Self - (D) Washington, D.C. (as Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton)   See fewer
Dan Rather
Self - Former CBS News Anchor Self - Former CBS News Anchor   See fewer
Domenic Romano
Legal Counsel Legal Counsel   See fewer
Donald Rumsfeld
Self - Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Self - Former U.S. Secretary of Defense   See fewer
Tony Velez
Self - Vietnam Veteran Self - Vietnam Veteran   See fewer
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