Would conscription reduce support for war? / David R Henderson and Chad W Seagren.
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Defense & Security Analysis Vol 30 No 2, 2014, pages 133-147 (94)Summary: Critical assessment of the proposition that conscription would make war less likely. The proposition is that general conscription would affect everyone including children of wealthy and/or influential people, therefore these parents would make efforts to ensure that the country did not get involved in war so as to protect thier children. Concludes that the argument is false; avoiding war for a country is a general benefit for all, whereas avoiding personal participation in a war is at best a private benefit.
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Critical assessment of the proposition that conscription would make war less likely. The proposition is that general conscription would affect everyone including children of wealthy and/or influential people, therefore these parents would make efforts to ensure that the country did not get involved in war so as to protect thier children. Concludes that the argument is false; avoiding war for a country is a general benefit for all, whereas avoiding personal participation in a war is at best a private benefit.
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