All is quiet

The Selective Service system

The current outmoded system

Deferments : with emphasis on students

Random selection and other alternatives to the draft

The public dialogue

The Kennedy hearings

The Congress will decide

The new law

Overview

Epilogue

Appendix 1 : Civilian Advisory Panel on Military Manpower Procurement (Clark Report)

Appendix 2 : Summary of the Report of the National Advisory Commission on Selective Service (Marshall Report)

Appendix 3 : Public Law 90-40 and Executive Order 11360.