conscriptions
Mandatory military callups
Conscriptions are instances of compulsory military enlistment—the draft.
The word refers to specific acts or systems of forcing citizens into armed service: The conscriptions of World War I depleted villages of young men.
A government may implement multiple conscriptions during prolonged conflicts, each calling up a new wave of recruits.
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- enlistmentVoluntary entry into service
- inductionFormal admission process
- mobilizationOrganizing for action
- national serviceMandatory government service obligation
compulsory service · call-up · military service · levies · recruitment · selective service · draftees · army
Formal authoritative directive
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- state powerGovernment's capacity to govern
- authoritarianismConcentrated, unchecked governmental power
compliance · government authority · policy · legislation · decree · resistance · evasion · exemption
Forced military recruitment groups
- feudal levyCompulsory medieval military service
- tributeOffering of respect
- Napoleonic warsFrench expansionist conflicts, 1800s
- World War IFirst global military conflict
World War II · Vietnam draft · Roman legions · wartime mobilization · national emergency · total war · home front
draft
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- enlistmentVoluntary entry into service
- inductionFormal admission process
- mobilizationOrganizing for action
national service · compulsory service · call-up · military service · levies · recruitment · selective service · draftees · army · reserves
mandate
Formal authoritative directive
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- state powerGovernment's capacity to govern
authoritarianism · compliance · government authority · policy · legislation · decree · resistance · evasion · exemption · protest
press gangs
Forced military recruitment groups
- feudal levyCompulsory medieval military service
- tributeOffering of respect
- Napoleonic warsFrench expansionist conflicts, 1800s
World War I · World War II · Vietnam draft · Roman legions · wartime mobilization · national emergency · total war · home front
- royal decreesroyal decree, royal decrees, decree, decrees, royal edict
conscriptionsdischarges
Releases or sends forth
demobilizations · exemptions · releases · mustering out · separations
- military conscriptionMandatory enlistment in forces
- universal conscriptionRequired military duty for all
- conscription papersMandatory military service notice