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 of public 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 demonstrateunequivocally 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,…
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Weitere Autoren: Shen, Francis X.
- ISBN: 978-0-19-539096-4
- EAN: 9780195390964
- Produktnummer: 22183326
- Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Masse: H23.6 cm x B15.5 cm x D1.8 cm 590 g
- Gewicht: 590
Über den Autor
Doug Kriner is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Boston University. He specializes in American politics, separation of powers, domestic politics and the use of force.Francis Shen is Fellow at the McArthur Foundation Law and Neuroscience Project
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