The year is 1971. President Richard Nixon has been promising a rapid wind-down of the Vietnam War for years. Yet day after day young men die and are maimed in battle. Ugly scenes of death, body bags, bloody wounded, and terrible confusion flow endlessly onto the TV screens of American homes. The nation agonizes, protests and seems ready to break apart. The draft churns on, the lottery a gimmick to divert American attention, while the war's terrible toll continues to mount. The 'losers' of the draft lottery wander off to graduate schools, secure jobs, and life unchanged. The 'winners' find...