Beyond the Bonus March and GI Bill: How Veteran Politics Shaped the New Deal Era Contributor(s): Ortiz, Stephen R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814762131 ISBN-13: 9780814762134 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $88.11 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science - History | United States - 20th Century - History | Military - Veterans |
Dewey: 362.865 |
LCCN: 2009023997 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9" (1.15 lbs) 268 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Chronological Period - 1920's - Chronological Period - 1930's - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The period between World Wars I and II was a time of turbulent political change, with suffragists, labor radicals, demagogues, and other voices clamoring to be heard. One group of activists that has yet to be closely examined by historians is World War I veterans. Mining the papers of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and the American Legion (AL), Stephen R. Ortiz 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ortiz, Stephen R.: - Stephen R. Ortiz is an associate professor of history at Binghamton University in New York. |