But income statistics were few and far between. Moreover, if education and race form part of the perimeters of the topic, they need to be so stated and, lest I say it, quantified. Appy faced inherent problems defining his concept of class for several reasons. The main ones were that the scholarly studies were not available. When does symbol overtake substance.
Perception is important.
And, finally, the author absolutely should have avoided informing the reader that more bombs fell on Vietnam than all the tonnage off-loaded in past wars. This seems a given, but every text must reiterate the obvious reality of warfare. Beginning with getting a bigger club, inhumanity increases with the technology. Appy s scholarship deserves unadulterated praise if not scholarly agreement. He structured his argument around the economic determinant of class.