A fair and equitable method of recruitment? Conscription by ballot into the Australian army during the Vietnam war

Australian Economic History Review

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 277-296

  Ville, Simon ^a   Siminski, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Ballot; Conscription; H56; J45; J47; N37; N47; Vietnam War

Indexed keywords

EID: 80155131172     PISSN: 00048992     EISSN: 14678446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8446.2011.00335.x     Document Type: Article

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