Foreword / Senator Mark O. Hatfield -- Introduction / Russell F. Weigley -- 1607-1783 : the birth of the citizen soldier -- 1783-1861 : reliance on the militia -- 1861-1900 : the beginning of federal conscription -- 1900-1940 : conscription comes of age -- 1940-1965 : conscription in war and Cold War -- 1965-the present : the draft : institution in crisis.