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Failing our veterans [electronic resource] : the G.I. Bill and the Vietnam Generation / Mark Boulton.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: New York : New York University Press, [2014] 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm)ISBN:
  • 9780814760420
  • 0814760422
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • UB357 .B
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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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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