Disposable heroes : the betrayal of African-American veterans /

Disposable Heroes illuminates challenges facing many African American veterans. Rather than finding military service to be a path to upward mobility, these veterans fight just to survive. Drawing on in-depth interviews with veterans of Vietnam and recent wars, as well as national survey data, the bo...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Fleury-Steiner, Benjamin, 1970-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2012.
Collection:Perspectives on a multiracial America series.
Sujets:
African American veterans > Social conditions.
African American veterans > Services for.
African American veterans > Interviews.
Anciens combattants noirs américains > Conditions sociales.
Anciens combattants noirs américains > Services.
Anciens combattants noirs américains > Entretiens.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
African American veterans
Interview
interviews.
Interviews
Interviews.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • African-American veterans and the war at home
  • The African-American veteran as a social problem
  • Joining up
  • In the service
  • The journey home
  • "We thank you for your service"
  • Appendix : Veteran's advocacy organizations.

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