Draft Resistance in the Vietnam Era
Introduction
In this paper I will look at the men who resisted the draft during
the Vietnam war years, and compare various aspects of their collective
experience with draft resistance during other U.S. wars of the 20th
century. I will examine the number of men who
resisted, the types of
evasion, and the reasons they gave for
resisting. From this research I
will answer the question "Was the draft resistance of the Vietnam era
different from the resistance of prior wars?"
In these three sections, I will examine how the quantity of
protesters varied over the years, delineate what constitutes a "just" war,
and discuss some of the ingenious ways desperate young men tried to avoid
the draft.
This is an experimental hypertext version of a term paper. (c) 1994
Paul W. Shaffer,