The casualty gap [electronic resource] : the causes and consequences of American wartime inequalities /

by Kriner, Douglas L; Shen, Francis X.

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BookPublisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 302 p.).ISBN: 9780199776788 (ebook) :.Subject(s): War and society -- United States | War casualties -- United States | Battle casualties -- United StatesOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Many have long suspected that when America takes up arms it is a rich man's war, but a poor man's fight. In 'The Casualty Gap' Douglas Kriner and Francis Shen renew the debate over unequal sacrifice by bringing to light mountains of new evidence on the inequality dimensions of American wartime casualties.

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Many have long suspected that when America takes up arms it is a rich man's war, but a poor man's fight. In 'The Casualty Gap' Douglas Kriner and Francis Shen renew the debate over unequal sacrifice by bringing to light mountains of new evidence on the inequality dimensions of American wartime casualties.

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The casualty gap [electronic resource] : the causes and consequences of American wartime inequalities /

by Kriner, Douglas L; Shen, Francis X.