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Failing our veterans : the G.I. Bill and the Vietnam Generation / Mark Boulton.
LIBRA UB357 .B67 2014
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boulton, Mark, 1973- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Veterans--Education--United States--History.
- Veterans.
- Veterans--Education--Law and legislation--United States--History.
- Teague, Olin E., 1910-1981.
- Teague, Olin E.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans--United States--History.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans--United States--Economic conditions.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans--United States--Social conditions.
- Veterans--Education--Law and legislation.
- History.
- Veterans--Education.
- United States--Politics and government--20th century.
- United States.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 273 pages ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- G.I. Bill and the Vietnam Generation
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2014]
- Contents:
- Introduction: "A chance for learning"
- For the wounded and the worthy: veterans' benefits from the early Republic to the Vietnam Era
- The clash of the Texans: the making of the 1966 Cold War G.I. Bill
- A peacetime bill for the warrior: shortchanging the Vietnam vets
- Mr. President (have pity on the fighting man): Nixon's right turn for America, wrong result for the veterans
- On the streets and in the schools: The veterans come home
- Denouement: Ford's war on inflation and Teague's last stand
- Conclusion: "A chance for learning" missed.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780814724873
- 0814724876
- OCLC:
- 863200896
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