Umfang:
xiv, 318 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Diagramme
Ausgabe:
First paperback printing
ISBN:
9780813061436
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9780813042077
Inhalt:
An examination of the political issues and causes of veterans of the U.S. military
Anmerkung:
Part I: Health care. 1. Army sanctuary for tubercular veterans: veterans' health care before the Veterans Bureau
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2. the invention, stumbling, and reinvention of the modern U.S. veterans health care system, 1918-1924
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Part II: Disablity. 3. Architecture of injury: disabled veterans, federal policy, and the built environment in the early twentieth century
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4. "An emblem of distinction": the politics of disability entitlement, 1940-1950
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Part III: The politics of race and labor. 5. "Put fighting blood in your business": The U.S. War Department and the reemployment of World War I soldiers
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6. The long journey home: African American World War I veterans and veteran policies
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Part IV: Bonuses and G.I. bills. 7. Rethinking the bonus march: federal bonus policy, veteran organizations, and the origins of a protest movement
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8. "Do something for the soldier boys": Congress, the G.I. Bill of Rights, and the contours of liberalism
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9. "A veteran does not have to stay a veteran forever": Congress and the Korean G.I. Bill
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10. A price on patriotism: the politics and unintended consequences of the 1966 G.I. Bill
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Part V: Contemporary veterans' politics. 11. Conventional and distinctive policy preferences of early-twenty-first-century veterans
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12. Exploring the effects of combat exposure on American civic life
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780813042077
Sprache:
Englisch
