75
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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 currently comprising less than one-half of one percent of the population.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Teens
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- You want something to laugh at
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Audiences 70GoodWatch 75
IMDb7.0
Running time
53 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 documentaries, −43 min on the typical 96
typical 9653Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
2015
April 27, 2015
11 years ago
Genres
DocumentaryWarLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Directing · 1
- Aaron Matthews Director, Writer, Producer
Writing · 1
- Don Campbell Writer
Production · 1
- Peter Schnall Executive Producer
Editing · 1
- Mark Fason Editor
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