Gordon / Early / Craven Our Veterans

Winners, Losers, Friends, and Enemies on the New Terrain of Veterans Affairs
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-4780-2314-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 352 Seiten

In Our Veterans, Suzanne Gordon, Steve Early, and Jasper Craven explore the physical, emotional, social, economic, and psychological impact of military service and the problems that veterans face when they return to civilian life.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gordon, Suzanne

Early, Steve

Craven, Jasper

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Gesundheitssoziologie, Medizinsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Abbreviations ix
Preface xiii
Authors' Note and Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction: Friendly Fire 1
1. A Toxic Workplace 27
2. Life and Work after the Military 57
3. Stolen Valor 85
4. Last Stand of the Legion Post? 108
5. The New VSOs 134
6. A VA Healthcare Struggle 155
7. Playing the Veteran Card 176
8. Veterans and the 2020 Election 199
Conclusion: Rethinking Veterans Affairs 222
Notes 253
Selected Bibliography 311
Index 317

Über Autor(innen)

Suzanne Gordon is Senior Policy Analyst at the Veterans Healthcare Policy Institute and the author of many books, most recently, Wounds of War: How the VA Delivers Health, Healing, and Hope to the Nation’s Veterans.

Steve Early is a freelance journalist, labor organizer, lawyer, and the author of, most recently, Refinery Town: Big Oil, Big Money, and the Remaking of an American City. His work has appeared in theNew York Times, the Washington Post, and theNation, among others.

Jasper Craven is a freelance journalist who covers the military and veterans. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Atlantic, theNew Republic, and theBaffler, among others.