1. Veterans’ Policy and Veteran Organizations, 1917–1929

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Veterans’ Policy and Veteran Organizations, 1917–1929 13
6. 2. Rethinking the Bonus March 32
7. 3. The “New Deal” for Veterans 66
8. 4. The Bonus Re-emerges 99
9. 5. “The Pro-Bonus Party” 122
10. 6. Veteran Politics and the New Deal’s olitical Triumph of 1936 153
11. Conclusion: GI Bill Legacies 187
12. Postscript: A GI Bill for the Twenty-first Century? 207
13. Notes 211
14. Index 245
15. About the Author 249