The Economic Status of American Casualties of the Vietnam War

Abstract

An analysis of data concerning American casualties of the Vietnam war indicates that wealthy communities had only slightly lower casualty rates than poorer communities. Detailed data for urban and rural areas, as well as data for casualties from wealthy towns, is examined in order to test the hypothesis that casualty patterns reflect great economic disparity. Various perspectives on the data consistently lead to the conclusion that economic disparity among casualties of the Vietnam war is often overstated in public debate about the issue.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA250979

Entities

People

  • Timothy D. Stanley

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Age Groups
  • Civil War
  • Computers
  • Data Analysis
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • New York
  • Operations Research
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Science
  • Rural Areas
  • Statistical Samples
  • Students
  • United States
  • Urban Areas
  • Vietnam War
  • War

Fields of Study

  • Political science

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  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
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