Olivier Burtin, A Nation of Veterans: War, Citizenship, and the Welfare State in Modern America
A Nation of Veterans is a political history of the veterans’ movement in the United States from the Second World War to the early 1960s. It focuses on the three biggest and most influential veterans’ associations, the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Disabled American Veterans....
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2023
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| Summary: | A Nation of Veterans is a political history of the veterans’ movement in the United States from the Second World War to the early 1960s. It focuses on the three biggest and most influential veterans’ associations, the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Disabled American Veterans. A synergetic relationship between veterans’ associations and the state is at the heart of the text, seen through Congressional lobbying and representation, relations with the Veterans’ Administrat... |
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