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Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace

Author : Maxine Hong Kingston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781935646235
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (462 download)

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Download or read book Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace written by Maxine Hong Kingston and published by . This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace" is a harvest of creative, redemptive storytelling-nonfiction, fiction, and poetry-spanning five wars and written by those most profoundly affected by it. This poignant collection, compiled from Kingston's healing workshops, contains the distilled wisdom of survivors of five wars, including combatants, war widows, spouses, children, conscientious objectors, and veterans of domestic abuse. " Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace" includes accounts from people that grew up in military families, served as medics in the thick of war, or came home to homelessness. All struggle with trauma - PTSD, substance abuse, and other consequences of war and violence. Through their extraordinary writings, readers witness worlds coming apart and being put back together again through liberating insight, community, and the deep transformation that is possible only by coming to grips with the past. For more than 15 years, National Book Award-winning author Maxine Hong Kingston has led writing-and-meditation workshops for veterans and their families. The contributors to this volume are part of this community of writers working together to heal the trauma of war through art. Maxine Hong Kingston's books-" The Woman Warrior, China Men, Tripmaster Monkey, The Fifth Book of Peace," and others-have won critical praise and national awards. President Bill Clinton presented her with a National Humanities Medal in 1997.

Fight to Live, Live to Fight Veteran Activism after War

Author : Benjamin Schrader
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 1438475195
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Fight to Live, Live to Fight Veteran Activism after War written by Benjamin Schrader and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines US foreign and domestic policy through the narratives of post-9/11 US military veterans and the activism they are engaged in. While veterans are often cast as a “problem” for society, Fight to Live, Live to Fight challenges this view by focusing on the progressive, positive, and productive activism that veterans engage in. Benjamin Schrader weaves his own experiences as a former member of the American military and then as a member of the activist community with the stories of other veteran activists he has encountered across the United States. An accessible blend of political theory, international relations, and American politics, this book critically examines US foreign and domestic policy through the narratives of post-9/11 military veterans who have turned to activism after having exited the military. Veterans are involved in a wide array of activism, including but not limited to antiwar, economic justice, sexual violence prevention, immigration issues, and veteran healing through art. This is an accessible, captivating, and engaging work that may be read and appreciated not just by scholars, but also students and the wider public. “There is currently no book on the market that does what this book does (and could do) and I welcome it. There are books on veterans, of course, but there are none that focus in particular on veterans’ activism written by a veteran activist and academic. The book is in many ways a testament to our time and a kind of generational story that I am sure many veterans will relate to.” — Synne L. Dyvik, University of Sussex

The War Against the Vets

Author : Jerome Tuccille
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1640120688
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book The War Against the Vets written by Jerome Tuccille and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2018-04-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Who Murdered the Vets?” writer Ernest Hemingway demanded in an impassioned article about the deaths of hundreds of former soldiers. Their fate came as part of the larger and often overlooked story of veterans of the Great War and their deplorable treatment by the government they once served. Three years earlier, under orders from President Herbert Hoover, General Douglas MacArthur led the U.S. military through the streets of the nation’s capital against an encampment of veterans and their families. The vets were suffering the ravages of the Great Depression and seeking an early payment of promised war bonuses. Tanks, troops, and cavalry burned down tents and leveled campsites in a savage and lethal effort to disperse the protesters, resulting in the murder of several demonstrators. The administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt subsequently shipped the vets to distant work camps in the Florida Keys, where they were housed in flimsy tent cities that fell prey to a hurricane of which the authorities had been given ample warning. It was in reaction to the hundreds of bodies left in the storm’s wake that Hemingway penned his provocative words. The War Against the Vets is the first book about the Bonus Army to describe in detail the political battles that threatened to tear the country apart, as well as the scandalous treatment of the World War I vets.

Tribe

Author : Sebastian Junger
Publisher : Twelve
ISBN 13 : 145556639X
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Tribe written by Sebastian Junger and published by Twelve. This book was released on 2016-05-24 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We have a strong instinct to belong to small groups defined by clear purpose and understanding--"tribes." This tribal connection has been largely lost in modern society, but regaining it may be the key to our psychological survival. Decades before the American Revolution, Benjamin Franklin lamented that English settlers were constantly fleeing over to the Indians-but Indians almost never did the same. Tribal society has been exerting an almost gravitational pull on Westerners for hundreds of years, and the reason lies deep in our evolutionary past as a communal species. The most recent example of that attraction is combat veterans who come home to find themselves missing the incredibly intimate bonds of platoon life. The loss of closeness that comes at the end of deployment may explain the high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by military veterans today. Combining history, psychology, and anthropology, Tribe explores what we can learn from tribal societies about loyalty, belonging, and the eternal human quest for meaning. It explains the irony that-for many veterans as well as civilians-war feels better than peace, adversity can turn out to be a blessing, and disasters are sometimes remembered more fondly than weddings or tropical vacations. Tribe explains why we are stronger when we come together, and how that can be achieved even in today's divided world.

The Last of the Doughboys

Author : Richard Rubin
Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 0547843690
Total Pages : 549 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (478 download)

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Download or read book The Last of the Doughboys written by Richard Rubin and published by HMH. This book was released on 2013-05-21 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Before the Greatest Generation, there was the Forgotten Generation of World War I . . . wonderfully engaging” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). “Richard Rubin has done something that will never be possible for anyone to do again. His interviews with the last American World War I veterans—who have all since died—bring to vivid life a cataclysm that changed our world forever but that remains curiously forgotten here.” —Adam Hochschild, author of To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914–1918 In 2003, eighty-five years after the end of World War I, Richard Rubin set out to see if he could still find and talk to someone who had actually served in the American Expeditionary Forces during that colossal conflict. Ultimately he found dozens, aged 101 to 113, from Cape Cod to Carson City, who shared with him at the last possible moment their stories of America’s Great War. Nineteenth-century men and women living in the twenty-first century, they were self-reliant, humble, and stoic, never complaining, but still marveling at the immensity of the war they helped win, and the complexity of the world they helped create. Though America has largely forgotten their war, you will never forget them, or their stories. A decade in the making, The Last of the Doughboys is the most sweeping look at America’s First World War in a generation, a glorious reminder of the tremendously important role America played in the “war to end all wars,” as well as a moving meditation on character, grace, aging, and memory. “An outstanding and fascinating book. By tracking down the last surviving veterans of the First World War and interviewing them with sympathy and skill, Richard Rubin has produced a first-rate work of reporting.” —Ian Frazier, author of Travels in Siberia “I cannot remember a book about that huge and terrible war that I have enjoyed reading more in many years.” —Michael Korda, The Daily Beast

Vets at War

Author : Ian M. Parsonson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781876439941
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (399 download)

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Download or read book Vets at War written by Ian M. Parsonson and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

State Veterans' Laws

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book State Veterans' Laws written by and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Gulf War Vets

Author : Kathleen O. Beauchesne
Publisher : Veterans Research
ISBN 13 : 9781432790363
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Gulf War Vets written by Kathleen O. Beauchesne and published by Veterans Research. This book was released on 2012 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We are now poised as a country either to repeat the mistakes of the Vietnam era or to create the services and supports that our returning veterans deserve." This research focuses on the importance of using an integrated change management approach to bring together the civilian, corporate, and military communities to support veterans of the Global War on Terror, specifically those veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Using force field analysis methodology and original survey research, the study includes a review of the current literature on Gulf War Era veterans in the areas of the labor market, diversity, employee assistance, human resources (HR), behavioral health, disability, and career management. Survey respondents, a selected sample of highly placed officials in corporations, higher education, and the military, identified nine forces they believe have a large impact on change in corporate policies, practices, and programs related to the employment, engagement in productive work, and retention and advancement of veterans. The survey respondents also identified the seven factors they believe are most important in effecting a change in corporations' approach to employing Gulf War Era veterans. The survey examines the nine forces identified and makes concrete recommendations about what can be done to recruit, hire, and retain Gulf War Era II (GWE II) veterans, who are unique because they are more educated and more highly skilled than the veterans of all other wars. The GWE II veterans will be returning home en masse over the coming years and will face a challenging job market. Employers, labor market experts, educators, and human services professionals must be prepared to welcome these veterans home and support them as they navigate the social, political, and economic turbulence challenging our country now and in the coming years. Kathleen O. Beauchesne is a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, School of Social Policy ad Practice, Social Impact of the Arts Project (SIAP) She received her doctorate in Social Welfare Policy from the University of Pennsylvania, and throughout her career she has directed and led employee behavioral health programs in higher education at the Johns Hopkins Institutions and for private industry. She was the first director of the National Guard's Psychological Health Program, a contract of the Ceridian Corporation. Beauchesne has published several articles on job-based behavioral health programs, organizational change and work and personal life.

State Veterans' Laws

Author : United States. Veterans Administration. Office of the General Counsel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book State Veterans' Laws written by United States. Veterans Administration. Office of the General Counsel and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Educational and Other Readjustment Assistance for Post-Korean Veterans

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Labor and Public Welfare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Educational and Other Readjustment Assistance for Post-Korean Veterans written by United States. Congress. Senate. Labor and Public Welfare and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers (86) S. 270, (86) S. 750, (86) S. 906, (86) S. 930, (86) S. 1050, (86) S. 1138.

Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Readjustment, Education, and Employment
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1100 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Readjustment, Education, and Employment and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 1100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Veterans' Education and Employment Assistance Act of 1976

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Download or read book Veterans' Education and Employment Assistance Act of 1976 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Readjustment, Education, and Employment and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 892 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Legislative Recommendations of Veterans' Organizations, 1978

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book Legislative Recommendations of Veterans' Organizations, 1978 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Historical Development of Pensions for Veterans and Their Dependents

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Historical Development of Pensions for Veterans and Their Dependents written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Federal Benefits for Veterans, Dependents, & Survivors, 2009

Author :
Publisher : U.S. Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 : 9780160828256
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (282 download)

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Download or read book Federal Benefits for Veterans, Dependents, & Survivors, 2009 written by and published by U.S. Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2009 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title describes current federal benefits available to veterans and their dependents.

The State of Veterans' Employment

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book The State of Veterans' Employment written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1458 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 1458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: