Research Proposal: The Vietnam War's Anti-Draft System

In this research proposal, the history of The Vietnam War’s servicemen and the drafted lottery system is brought to surface. It will display how the selective service system caused anti-war and anti-draft protests that were followed by the mistreatment and misconceptions of the Vietnam War Veterans by the American people. The drafting process contained many loopholes that put the poor and working men at a significant disadvantage. This proposal will initiate a plan for a future research paper striving to answer, “How did the draft system affect the outcome of the Vietnam War, the treatment of the Veterans, and why was it necessary to put a stop to the selective service system?” Through extensive research this proposed research paper will

The United States became involved in the war in hopes of preventing, ultimately, South Vietnam and the rest of the world from being taken over by communism. In the late 1960’s President Richard Nixon implemented a system he thought would increase the power of the military. Nixon arranged for the random selection of the United Sates Select Service System, the Draft, and conducted a lottery to establish who would be called to serve the country in the Vietnam War. The Draft enhanced tension and created resentment toward the war and the draft system. It reinforced the Anti-war movements, and highlighted the discrepancies in the draft system against the poor and working men of

There has been books and scholarly articles written about each of these components. However, there are very few that are written to show a distinct correlation between the three components. I aim to expose a correlation between the three components to develop a collaborated work that answers the ultimate question of, “How did the draft system affect the outcome of the Vietnam War, the treatment of the Veterans, and why was it necessary to put a stop to this