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Failing our veterans the G.I. Bill and the Vietnam Generation
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Title
Failing our veterans [electronic resource] : the G.I. Bill and the Vietnam Generation / Mark Boulton.
ISBN
0814760422
9780814760420
0814724876
9780814724873 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
New York : New York University Press, [2014] (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2014)
Physical Description
1 online resource (pages cm)
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Access is available to the Yale community.
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Description based on print version record.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Variant and related titles
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Project MUSE - UPCC 2014 Complete.
Project MUSE - UPCC 2014 History.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 19, 2014
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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