The civilian lives of U.S. veterans : issues and identities / Louis Hicks, Eugenia L. Weiss, and Jose E. Coll, editors ; foreword by Robert A. McDonald, Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Contributor Hicks, Louis, editor.

Imprint:Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2017]

Description2 volumes ; 24 cm

Note:Vol. 1. Introduction to veterans' studies / Louis Hicks, Eugenia L. Weiss, Jose E. Coll -- Characteristics of veterans and nonveterans within 20th-century cohorts in the United States / Janet M. Wilmoth, Andrew S. London -- The transition from active duty / Daniel Kester, Maureen P. Phillips -- TAPped out : a study of the Department of Defense's transition assistance program / Colleen M. Heflin, Leslie B. Hodges, Andrew S. London -- The VA and the grass roots / Colin D. Moore -- The job training of veterans / Bruce D. McDonald III, Myung H. Jin, Susan Camilleri, Vincent Reitano -- Veterans in higher education / Michael A. Grandillo, John W.M. Magee -- Veteran employment in the 21st century / Hazel R. Atuel, Mary Keeling, Sara M. Kintzle, Anthony M. Hassan, Carl A. Castro -- Veterans and civic engagement / Fred P. Stone -- Veterans as entrepreneurs / Elizabeth A. Osborn, Louis Hicks -- Veterans as private security contractors / Alison Hawks -- The preferential hiring of military veterans in the United States / Tim Johnson -- The retirement patterns and socioeconomic status of aging veterans, 1995-2014 / Christopher R. Tamborini, Patrick Purcell, Anya Olsen -- Military expatriates : U.S. veterans living abroad / Yvonne McNulty, Kelly L. Fisher, Louis Hicks, Tim Kane -- Veterans' families / Jasmine Strode-Elfant, Paul Hemez, Lucky Tedrow, Jay TeachmanVol. 2. Veterans' health / Lisa Leitz -- The mental health of veterans / Kristi L. Mueller, Jeffrey S. Yarvis -- The roles of veteran peers in mental health recovery during transition from military to civilian life / Elisa V. Borah, Stacey Stevens Manser -- Veterans as the media portray them / Gregory Gross, Eugenia L. Weiss -- Veterans in the criminal justice system / Evan R. Seamone, David L. Albright -- Veterans and their firearms / Daniel Burland -- Suicide among veterans / Wilbur J. Scott -- Women as veterans / Molly Clever, Kelly L. Fisher -- What do we know about veteran status differences in social attitudes? / Andrew S. London, Janet M. Wilmoth, Cassie Dutton -- Religion and spirituality in the veteran life course / Michelle Sandhoff -- Immigrants as veterans / Gina Jackson, Jose E. Coll, Eugenia L. Weiss -- Military and wartime experiences of racial and ethnic minority veterans / Nikki R. Wooten, Shanada R. Adams, Carleigh A. Davis -- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender veterans / Kristen Kavanaugh -- Housing veterans : homelessness and mortgages / Amy Kate Bailey, Christopher D. Poulos, Kylee M. Joosten -- Veterans' expeditions : tapping the great outdoors / Demond Mullins.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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