Author:
Burtin, Olivier, author.
ImprintPhiladelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2022]
Descriptionviii, 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note:Part I. Ascent -- Reform and Reaction: veterans' politics in the interwar years -- Rebirth: the veterans' movement in World War II -- Clash: intergenerational transition and the postwar housing crisis -- Generations United: the fight over the First Hoover Commission -- Part II. Eclipse -- A House Divided: anticommunism and its discontents -- Consolidation and Backlash: the Korean War in the shadow of World War II -- Generations Apart: the problem of economic security for aging veterans -- Epilogue: the legacies of martial citizenship.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:"In examining how the veterans' movement inscribed martial citizenship onto American law, politics, and culture, A Nation of Veterans offers a new history of the U.S. welfare state that highlights its longstanding connection with warfare. It shows how a predominantly white and male group such as military veterans was at the center of social policy debates in the interwar and postwar period and how women and veterans of color were often discriminated against or denied access to their benefits. It moves beyond the traditional focus on the 1944 G.I. Bill to examine other important benefits like pensions, civil service preference, and hospitals. The book also examines multiple generations of veterans, by shedding light on how former service members from both World Wars as well as Korea and the Cold War interacted with each other."-- Provided by publisher.
