The Vietnam draft conscripted hundreds of thousands of young Americans into an integrated military. I combine near-random draft lottery variation with administrative voter data to study the long-run racial integration effects of coerced national service. Black and Native American veterans became more likely to marry white spouses, identify as Republicans, and live in more-integrated neighborhoods.…
The Vietnam War and racial integration
The Vietnam War and racial integration
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Thomas Sowell on Intellectuals and Society
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Why don’t Countries Formally Declare War Anymore?
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How A Raucous Convention Revolutionized Our Primary System l FiveThirtyEight
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