Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Introduction 1
5. I. The industrialization of injury
6. 1. “to bind up the nation’s wounds” how the disabled veteran became a problem one 17
7. 2. “the horror for which we are waiting” anxieties of injury in world war i 50
8. II. The aftermath of battle
9. 3. “thinking ahead of the crippled years” carrying on in an age of normalcy 85
10. 4. “the cripple ceases to be” the rehabilitation movement in great war America 117
11. III. Mobilizing injury
12. 5. “for the living dead i work and pray” veterans’ groups and the benefits of buddyhood 153
13. 6. “for the mem’ry of warriors wracked with pain” disabled doughboys and American memory 188
14. 7. “what is wrong with this picture?” the disabled soldier in interwar peace culture 216
15. IV. Old battles, new wars
16. 8. “the shiny plating of prestige” disabled veterans in the American century 257
17. Epilogue. Toward a new veteranology 287
18. Acknowledgments 301
19. Notes 303
20. Index 345