Over here : how the G.I. bill transformed the American dream /

Inspiring war stories are familiar. But what about the after-the-war stories? From a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, OVER HERE is the Greatest Generation's after-the-war story-vivid portraits of how the original G.I. Bill empowered an entire generation and reinvented the nation. The G.I. Bill op...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Humes, Edward (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Diversion Books, a division of Diversion Publishing Corp., 2014.
Edición:First Diversion books edition.
Temas:
United States. > Armed Forces > Demobilization > History > 20th century.
Armed Forces (United States)
1900-1999
Veterans > Services for > United States.
World War, 1939-1945 > Veterans > United States.
War and society > United States.
Suburban life > United States.
Anciens combattants > Services > États-Unis.
Guerre et société > États-Unis.
Vie de la banlieue > États-Unis.
HISTORY > General.
Armed Forces > Mobilization
Suburban life
Veterans
Veterans > Services for
War and society
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Over Here; Copyright; Contents; 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
  • AcknowledgmentsA Note on Sources; Connect with Diversion Books

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