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conscription
Compulsory enrollment for service in a country's armed forces. It has existed at least since the Egyptian Old Kingdom in the 27th cent. BC. It usually takes the form of selective service rather than universal conscription. (The latter generally refers to compulsory military service by all able-bodied men between certain ages, though a few countries have also drafted women--notably Israel, which has required both men and women to serve in its armed forces since 1948.) The U.S. established a draft in the Amer. Civil War but did not use it again until 1917. Like Britain, the U.S. abandoned conscription at the end of World War I but reverted to it when World War II threatened. The U.S. retained the draft 1948-73 but now maintains a volunteer army. See also U.S. Army.
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