The GI Bill : a new deal for veterans /
From the Publisher: On rare occasions in American history, Congress enacts a measure so astute, so far-reaching, so revolutionary, it enters the language as a metaphor. The Marshall Plan comes to mind, as does the Civil Rights Act. But perhaps none resonates in the American imagination like the G....
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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| Series: | Pivotal moments in American history.
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Table of Contents:
- Before the GI bill : veterans and politics from the Revolution through World War I
- FDR and the reshaping of veterans' benefits, 1940-1943
- "Mission accomplished"
- "S.R.O." : veterans and the colleges
- "The most inclusive program" : race, gender, and ethnicity in Title II
- Overlooked : GI Joe, but not Joe College
- Finding a home : the VA mortgage.