Draft Resistance Vietnam War Analysis

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Confronting the war machines: Draft resistance during the Vietnam War connects directly with the draft resistance movement and how it affected the outcome of the Vietnam War. Foley suggests that draft resisters helped in mobilizing “the local antiwar community to take positive action against the administration and against the war”. The resisters were a main stopping force of the war and Foley argues that the resisters were the ones to end the war. Foley distinguishes between a “draft resister” and a “draft dodger” to make clear that “during the Vietnam War, the Johnson and Nixon administrations dishonored a generation of men by making them decide between 1) fighting in a war regarded by many as immoral and illegal, 2) going to prison, or 3)