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. 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

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.

Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1 The Casualty Gap -- The Politics of Casualties -- Plan of the Book -- Chapter 2 Inequality and U.S. Casualties from WWII to Iraq -- Studying Casualties and Inequality -- Defining and Measuring the Casualty Gap -- Geographic Variance in Local Casualty Rates -- Explaining the Casualty Gap -- Income and Education -- Unemployment -- Race -- Rural Farm Population -- Partisanship -- Geographic Region and Age -- Assessing the Casualty Gap across Four Wars -- The Individual-Level Casualty Gap and the Problem of Ecological Inference -- Examining Socioeconomic Variation within the Community -- Explaining the Casualty Gap -- Technical Appendix to Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 Selection, Occupational Assignment, and the Emergence of the Casualty Gap -- Mechanism #1: Selection in the Modern Wars -- The War in Iraq and the AVF -- Mechanism #2: Occupational Assignment within the Military -- The Selection Mechanism Revisited: The Role of the Draft -- Changes in the Draft and in the Casualty Gap over Time -- The Draft Lottery and Its Ramifications for the Casualty Gap -- The Absence of a Draft and the Iraq Casualty Gap -- Casualty Gaps at the Individual Level -- Technical Appendix to Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 Do Casualty Gaps Matter? -- The Casualty Gap and Public Support for War -- The Casualty Gap's Influence in 2009 -- Bringing the Casualty Gap into the Public Sphere -- Technical Appendix to Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 How Local Casualties Shape Politics -- Local Casualties and Political Behavior -- A New Theory of Local Casualty Influence -- Mechanism #1: Personal Contact with Local Casualties -- Mechanism #2: Elite Cues -- Mechanism #3: The Local Media -- Conclusion -- Technical Appendix to Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 Political Ramifications of the Vietnam Casualty Gap -- Casualties, Public Opinion, and the Vietnam War.