
WHWF - Citizen Army
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Citizen Armies of the British Empire
Citizen armies are about interaction between individuals who are part of a state and the state itself. Individuals choose to serve or theyr maids serve, and therefore they get a chance to talk back to the an try and shape their service. In duke m we can see differences in how peoples mobilize for war. So conscription is brought into play in the united kingdom apart from northern ireland because of political reasons. But in places like australia where you've a large catholic minority, in places like canada, thay can't bring in conscription across the board due to sickness rates. And so i'm interested in the situation of the american army after 19 forty-
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