A fair and equitable method of recruitment? Conscription by ballot into the Australian army during the Vietnam war

Ville, S; Siminski, P

A fair and equitable method of recruitment? Conscription by ballot into the Australian army during the Vietnam war

Ville, S Siminski, P

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Citation:: Australian Economic History Review, 2011, 51 (3), pp. 277 - 296
Issue Date:: 2011-11-01

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dc.contributor.author	Ville, S	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Siminski, P https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3099-8049	en_US
dc.date.issued	2011-11-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Australian Economic History Review, 2011, 51 (3), pp. 277 - 296	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0004-8992	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/118346
dc.description.abstract	Australia's commitment to the Vietnam War drew on the selective conscription of additional manpower through 16 biannual ballots. Twenty-year-old men were liable to serve if their date of birth was drawn out. The randomness of the ballot was seen as an equitable method of selection for a system of labour coercion that was potentially life-threatening. We investigate the various stages of conscription of these 'national servicemen' for army service in Vietnam from 1965 to 1972 and evaluate the extent to which the processes provided for fair and equitable selection. Comparisons are drawn with a similar process of Vietnam War era conscription in the US. © 2011 The Authors. Australian Economic History Review © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd and the Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Australian Economic History Review	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1111/j.1467-8446.2011.00335.x	en_US
dc.subject.classification	History of Social Sciences	en_US
dc.title	A fair and equitable method of recruitment? Conscription by ballot into the Australian army during the Vietnam war	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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Abstract:

Australia's commitment to the Vietnam War drew on the selective conscription of additional manpower through 16 biannual ballots. Twenty-year-old men were liable to serve if their date of birth was drawn out. The randomness of the ballot was seen as an equitable method of selection for a system of labour coercion that was potentially life-threatening. We investigate the various stages of conscription of these 'national servicemen' for army service in Vietnam from 1965 to 1972 and evaluate the extent to which the processes provided for fair and equitable selection. Comparisons are drawn with a similar process of Vietnam War era conscription in the US. © 2011 The Authors. Australian Economic History Review © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd and the Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand.

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