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Conscription, also
known as the
draft in
American English, is the
practice in
which the
compulsory enlistment in a
national service,
mainly a military...
- as a
chosen job (volunteer) or as a
result of an
involuntary draft (
conscription). Few nations, such as Israel,
require a
specific amount of military...
- In the
United States,
military conscription,
commonly known as the draft, has been emplo**** by the U.S.
federal government in six conflicts: the American...
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military conscription has
existed for two
periods in
modern times. The
first was from 1916 to 1920, and the
second from 1939 to 1960. The last
conscription term...
- However,
conscription into a full-time
military service had only been
instituted twice by the
government of Canada,
during both
world wars.
Conscription into...
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selective conscription.
Conscription takes place at age 17 and
service ends at 30.
Children of the
political elites are
exempt from
conscription, as are...
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Conscription in
Russia (Russian: всеобщая воинская обязанность, romanized: vseobshchaya
voinskaya obyazannost,
translated as "universal
military obligation"...
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Conscription in Australia, also
known as
National Service following the
Second World War, has a
controversial history which dates back to the implementation...
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Conscription in
South Korea has
existed since 1957 and
requires male
citizens between the ages of 18 and 35 to
perform compulsory military service. Women...
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Germany put
conscription into
abeyance on 1 July 2011.
While the
German constitution retains the
legal instruments for
reintroducing conscription in Germany...
