Veterans' Policies, Veterans' Politics : New Perspectives on Veterans in the Modern United States

Veterans' Policies, Veterans' Politics : New Perspectives on Veterans in the Modern United States / edited by Stephen R. Ortiz ; foreword by Suzanne Mettler.

The study of military veterans and politics has been a growing area of interest, but most research on the topic has remained isolated in specific, unconnected fields of inquiry. This is a multidisciplinary, comprehensive examination of the American veteran experience. The editor has compiled some of...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ortiz, Stephen R. (Author)
Other Authors: Mettler, Suzanne (writer of foreword.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Florida : University Press of Florida, [2012]
Subjects:
Veterans > Employment > United States.
Veterans > Services for > United States.
Veterans > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
Politics and government
Veterans
Veterans > Employment
Veterans > Services for
Politik
Sozialhilfe
Veteran
Soldater.
United States > Politics and government.
United States
USA
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Health Care. Army Sanctuary for Tubercular Veterans : Veterans' Health Care before the Veterans Bureau ; The Invention, Stumbling, and Reinvention of the Modern U.S. Veterans Health Care System, 1918-1924
  • Disability. Architecture of Injury : Disabled Veterans, Federal Policy, and the Built Environment in the Early Twentieth Century ; "An Emblem of Distinction" : The Politics of Disability Entitlement, 1940-1950
  • The Politics of Race and Labor. "Put Fighting Blood in Your Business" : The U.S. War Department and the Reemployment of World War I Soldiers ; The Long Journey Home : African American World War I Veterans and Veterans' Policies
  • Bonuses and G.I. Bills. Rethinking the Bonus March : Federal Bonus Policy, Veteran Organizations, and the Origins of a Protest Movement ; "Do Something for the Soldier Boys" : Congress, the G.I. Bill of Rights, and the Contours of Liberalism ; "A Veteran Does Not Have to Stay a Veteran Forever" : Congress and the Korean G.I. Bill ; A Price on Patriotism : The Politics and Unintended Consequences of the 1966 G.I. Bill
  • Contemporary Veterans' Politics. Conventional and Distinctive Policy Preferences of Early-Twenty- First-Century Veterans ; Exploring the Effects of Combat Exposure on American Civic Life.

Similar Items