Failing our veterans : the G.I. Bill and the Vietnam Generation / Mark Boulton.
Publisher: New York : New York University Press, [2014]Description: xii, 273 pages ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780814724873
- G.I. Bill and the Vietnam Generation
- Veterans -- Education -- United States -- History
- Veterans -- Education -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History
- Teague, Olin E., 1910-1981
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- United States -- History
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- United States -- Economic conditions
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- United States -- Social conditions
- United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
- 371.2/23 23
- UB357 .B67 2014
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Includes bibliographical references(pages 251-262) 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.