The UN’s International Day of Democracy
On the UN’s International Day of Democracy, historian Alex McDermott looks back at the second conscription plebiscite of 1917.

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xCloseOn the UN’s International Day of Democracy, historian Alex McDermott looks back at the second conscription plebiscite of 1917.