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A conscription crisis is a public dispute about a policy of conscription, or mandatory service in the military,[1] known in US English as a "draft". A dispute can become a crisis when submission to military service becomes highly controversial and popular revolt ensues. From the point of view of military officials, the crisis is one of supply; where they may claim to lack enough troops to accomplish a military objective, and have, to some degree, lost control of their political ability to enforce existing conscription law.
When conscripted soldiers are sent to foreign wars that do not directly affect the security of the nation, or under pretexts and contexts that are otherwise controversial, conscription has historically been highly politically contentious within democracies.
- ^ "Conscription Crisis | Encyclopedia of Canadian Laws". Retrieved 2022-04-03.