Over here
by Humes, Edward
Edition statement:1st ed Published by : Harcourt (Orlando ) Physical details: 319 pages 24 cm ISBN:0151007101; 9780151007103.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| 300 - 399 | 362.86820973 Hum (Browse shelf) | Available | 113086 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-311) and index.
Troop movement unlike any other -- The greatest regeneration: the accidental remaking of America -- Cold wars, hot rockets, a new American dream -- Investing in the future: Bill Thomas and the rise of Suburbia -- Bill and Vivian Kingsley: G.I. tech -- Out of the blue: medical miracles -- Nixon and Kennedy, Bonnie and Clyde: the G.I. Bill and the arts -- Gunnery mates and other invisible veterans: women and the G.I. Bill that wasn't -- Monte Posey's war: race and the G.I. Bill --What's inside? Leaders and the G.I. Bill --Kilroy's not here: the future and the G.I. Bill.
In 1944, the U.S. government feared the flood of returning World War II soldiers as much as it looked forward to peace. To avoid economic catastrophe, FDR, the American Legion, William Randolph Hearst, and others began crafting the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944. Spun as the "G.I. Bill of Rights," it became the single most transformative bill of the twentieth century, including home loans, health care, educational funds, and career counseling. The effects were immediate and enduring--the suburbs, the middle class, America's ever-increasing number of college graduates, the lunar landing--all are tied to the G.I. Bill. Norman Mailer, Bob Dole, John F. Kennedy, Paul Newman, Jimmy Carter, Clint Eastwood, and many others benefited from its provisions. Here are the stories of some of these men and women, how their lives changed because of the bill and how this country changed because of them.--From publisher description.
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