The casualty gap: the causes and consequences of american wartime inequalities

Many have long suspected that when America takes up arms it is a rich man's war, but a poor man's fight. Despite these concerns about social inequality in military sacrifice, the hard data to validate such claims has been kept out ofpublic view. 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. They demonstrate unequivocally that since the conclusion of World War II communities at the lower end of the socioeconomic ladder have borne a disproportionate share of the human costs of war. Moreover, they show for the first time that when Americans are explicitly confronted with evidence of this inequality, they become markedlyless supportive of the nation's war efforts INDICE: Preface; 1.: The Casualty Gap; 2.: Inequality and U.S. Casualties from WWII to Iraq; 3.: Selection, Occupational Assignment and the Emergenceof the Casualty Gap; 4.: Do Casualty Gaps Matter?; 5.: The Broader Consequences of Casualty Inequalities; 6.: Political Ramifications of the Vietnam Casualty Gap; 7.: Political Ramifications of the Iraq Casualty Gap; 8.: The CasualtyGap and Civic Engagement; 9.: The Future of the Casualty Gap; References; List of Tables and Figures

• ISBN: 978-0-19-539096-4
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 318
• Fecha Publicación: 27/05/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés