Failing Our Veterans : : The G.I. Bill and the Vietnam Generation / / Mark Boulton.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Boulton, Mark,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Returning Vietnam veterans had every reason to expect that the government would take care of their readjustment needs in the same way it had done for veterans of both World War II and Korea. But the Vietnam generation soon discovered that their G.I. Bills fell well short of what many of them believed they had earned. Mark Boulton’s groundbreaking study provides the first analysis of the legislative debates surrounding the education benefits offered under the Vietnam-era G.I. Bills. Specifically, the book explores why legislators from both ends of the political spectrum failed to provide Vietnam veterans the same generous compensation offered to veterans of previous wars. Failing Our Veterans should be essential reading to scholars of the Vietnam War, political history, or of social policy. Contemporary lawmakers should heed its historical lessons on how we ought to treat our returning veterans. Indeed, veterans wishing to fully understand their own homecoming experience will find great interest in the book’s conclusions.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. A Chance for Learning -- 1. For the Wounded and the Worthy -- 2. The Clash of the Texans -- 3. A Peacetime Bill for the Warrior -- 4. Mr. President (Have Pity on the Fighting Man) -- 5. On the Streets and in the Schools -- 6. Denouement -- Conclusion. “A Chance for Learning” Missed -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author