Madness : in the trenches of America's troubled Department of Veterans Affairs / Andrea Plate.

Enter the Kafkaesque world of America's famous but notorious Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), where returning soldiers seek a new start to the rest of their lives. Can they overcome the traumas of war, and military service, if they are also at war with the VA? The answer is both No - govern...

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Main Author: Darvi, Andrea (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Marshall Cavendish Editions, [2019]
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505 0 |a Prologue; Introduction; Chapter One: The Little Shop of Horrors (2002-2003); Chapter Two: The Great Wall of the VA (2003-2007, The "W" Years); Chapter Three: The End of the Bush Era (2007-2008); Chapter Four: A New Commander-in-Chief (2008-2012); Chapter Five: Risky Business in the Era of hope and Change; Chapter Six: A New Breed of Wounded Warriors; Chapter Seven: How to Build a Treatment Program of Today's Returnees; Chapter Eight: State of Siege: the California State Veterans Home (2015-2016); Chapter Nine: Straight outta the Streets ; Chapter Ten: The heart of the Matter Looking Back; Chapter Eleven: The End of the Tour (June 2017); Appendix: Ten Commandments for Serving America's Veterans. 
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