It’s one of the most reliable war-movie tropes. The reluctant soldier, conscripted against his will, huddled against a wall or bunker or hillside, surrounded by gunfire. They usually die sometime before the third act, a nameless, scolding metaphor for cowardice.  The concept of a military draft looms large in the American zeitgeist. After all, virtually every major war the United States has fought has involved forced conscription. The Revolutionary War, the Civil War, both World Wars, the