Controversy over The Draft in World War 2
As mentioned before, during World War II, our country’s standpoint on the necessity of the war was mutual for the most part. However, of course there was still some draft resistance as usual. Most of this resistance was from Conscientious Objectors, who withheld their negative outlook on all wars. During World War II, The federal government was forced to imprison 6,000 men who resisted conscription (Raymer, n.d).
Because countless veterans of World War I were traumatized by it, many of them supported the concept of Isolationism. Isolationism can be defined as, “ a policy of national isolation by abstention from alliances and other international political economic relations” (Merriam-Webster, Incorporated, 2013). Veterans and supporters of this said policy basically wanted our country to stay out of all foreign conflicts. Below is a YouTube video that interviews Conscientious Objectors during World War II. They talk about their motivation behind resisting the war due to their strong values and beliefs.
(Ehrlich & Tejada-Flores, 2010)