Congress and U.S. veterans : from the GI bill to the VA crisis
Title:
Congress and U.S. veterans : from the GI bill to the VA crisis
Author:
Cormack, Lindsey, author.
ISBN:
9781440858369
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Physical Description:
xiv, 290 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Series:
Conflict and Today's Congress
Conflict and today's Congress (Series)
Contents:
No golden era : history and challenges of the Veterans Administration -- Connections among veteran populations, legislators, and groups -- Public opinion : veterans policy and veterans' preferences -- Legwork : legislative leaders on veterans' policy -- A theory of lip service versus legwork -- Lip service : legislator communications about veterans -- Veterans' education policy : the post-9/11 GI bill -- Veterans' health care and the VA scandal -- Conclusions and directions for the future of veterans' politics and policies.
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