Kriner, Douglas L.

The casualty gap the causes and consequences of American wartime inequalities / [electronic resource] : Douglas L. Kriner, Francis X. Shen. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (xvi, 302 p.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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War and society--United States.
War casualties--United States.
Battle casualties--United States.

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