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How did the Vietnam war become a working class war?

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How did the Vietnam War become a working-class war?
If you weren't rich, or related to a politician, or if you weren't a college student...then you were, quite possibly, headed for Vietnam.
How was the Vietnam War a working class war?
Because university students were exempt from service.
Why did the Vietnam War become a war?
Yes. If the question is regarding a "declared war" or not; there hasn't been a US declared war since WWII. The US Civil War (1861-1865) was not a declared war either.
In what sense was the Vietnam War a working class war?
Rich men could get draft deferments.
In what sense was the Vietnam war a working-class war?
Because students were exempt from military service - a serious blunder that killed-off any idea of the educated class as national leaders.