Keywords:
Bonus Expeditionary Forces
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Veterans-Political activity-United States-History-20th century
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World War, 1914-1918-Veterans-United States
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Veterans-Government policy-United States-History-20th century
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Veterans-United States-Economic conditions-20th century
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Veterans-Education-United States-History-20th century
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Protest movements-Washington (D.C.)-History-20th century
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New Deal, 1933-1939
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United States-Politics and government-1918-1933
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United States-Politics and government-1933-1945
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Bonus Expeditionary Forces
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Veterans ; Political activity ; United States ; History ; 20th century
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World War, 1914-1918 ; Veterans ; United States
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Veterans ; Government policy ; United States ; History ; 20th century
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Veterans ; United States ; Economic conditions ; 20th century
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Veterans ; Education ; United States ; History ; 20th century
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Protest movements ; Washington (D.C.) ; History ; 20th century
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New Deal, 1933-1939
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United States ; Politics and government ; 1918-1933
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United States ; Politics and government ; 1933-1945
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Description / Table of Contents:
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. Bey
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
Online-Ressource (262 p.)
ISBN:
9780814762134
URL:
http://gbv.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=865733
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=865733
DDC:
362.86/561097309043
Language:
English
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Veterans' Policy and Veteran Organizations, 1917-1929; 2 Rethinking the Bonus March; 3 The "New Deal" for Veterans; 4 The Bonus Re-emerges; 5 "The Pro-Bonus Party"; 6 Veteran Politics and the New Deal's Political Triumph of 1936; Conclusion: GI Bill Legacies; Postscript: A GI Bill for the Twenty-first Century?; Notes; Index; About the Author;
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