Excerpted from Reserves and Guard: A More Selective Service.

From: Washington Monthly | Date: January 1, 2000| Author: HOCHSCHILD, ADAM | Copyright information

First published in The Washington Monthly, January, 1971

IN THE CIVIL WAR DAYS, IF YOU DIDN'T want to be drafted, you could "buy a man" for $300 to take your place in the Army. You can also avoid the draft today, though things are more indirect--instead of paying $300, you can join the Reserves or the National Guard. As long as this escape valve exists for a million privileged men, most of President Nixon's reforms to democratize the draft are meaningless.

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