Beyond the Bonus March and GI Bill How Veteran Politics Shaped the New Deal Era |
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| Author:
| Ortiz, Stephen R. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8147-6213-4 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2009 |
| Publisher: | New York University Press
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| Imprint: | NYU Press |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $89.00 |
Book Description:
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Mining the papers of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and the American Legion (AL), this book reveals that veterans actively organized in the years following the war to claim state benefits (such as pensions and bonuses), and strove to articulate a role for themselves as a distinct political bloc during the New Deal era.
Mining the papers of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and the American Legion (AL), this book reveals that veterans actively organized in the years following the war to claim state benefits (such as pensions and bonuses), and strove to articulate a role for themselves as a distinct political bloc during the New Deal era.