Veterans' Policies, Veterans' Politics: New Perspectives on Veterans in the Modern United States By Stephen R. Ortiz

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Provides a much needed interdisciplinary approach to the study of the important intersection of veteran policies and political arguments that have helped to define the modern American state Robert Saxe author of Settling Down World War II Veterans Challenge to the Postwar Consensus An outstanding collection of essays that will engage anyone interested in the veteran experience in modern America It should be read by political leaders and the general public who want to develop better ways to reintegrate veterans of our wars in Afghanistan and Iraq back into American society G Kurt Piehler author of Remembering the War the American Way The study of military veterans and politics has been a growing topic of interest but to date most research on the topic has remained isolated in specific unconnected fields of inquiry Veterans Policies Veterans Politics is the first multidisciplinary comprehensive examination of the American veteran experience Stephen Ortiz has compiled some of the best work on the formation and impact of veterans policies the politics of veterans issues and veterans political engagement over the course of the twentieth and twenty first centuries in the United States By examining the U. Veterans' Policies, Veterans' Politics epub file S government s treatment of veterans vis vis such topics as health care disability race the GI Bill and combat exposure the contributors reveal how debates regarding veterans policies inevitably turn into larger political battles over citizenship and the role of the federal government With the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq now the longest military operations in U. EPub Veterans' Policies, Veterans' politics S history and the numbers of veterans returning from overseas deployment higher than they ve been in a generation this is a timely and necessary book Veterans Policies Veterans Politics New Perspectives on Veterans in the Modern United States.