Reflections on the Draft

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The existence of the draft was so important to the antiwar protests of the late 1960s that President Nixon saw the political benefits to be derived from terminating it, and did so.

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Michael Novak

Michael Novak was a Catholic philosopher, journalist, novelist, and diplomat.

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Tomorrow and Tomorrow

The existence of the draft was so important to the antiwar protests of the late 1960s that President Nixon saw the political benefits to be derived from terminating it, and did so.