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Location	Call #	Volume	Status
Sherman Library	UB357 .B67 2014		AVAILABLE

Author	Boulton, Mark, 1973-
Title	Failing our veterans : the G.I. Bill and the Vietnam Generation / Mark Boulton.
OCLC	863200896
ISBN	9780814724873 (cloth : alk. paper)
	0814724876 (cloth : alk. paper)
Publisher	New York : New York University Press, [2014]
Description	xii, 273 pages ; 24 cm
LC Subject heading/s	Teague, Olin E., 1910-1981.
	Veterans -- Education -- United States -- History.
	Veterans -- Education -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History.
	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.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-262) and index.
Contents	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.

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