The Resource The War Comes Home : Washington's Battle Against America's Veterans
The War Comes Home : Washington's Battle Against America's Veterans
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The item The War Comes Home : Washington's Battle Against America's Veterans represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item The War Comes Home : Washington's Battle Against America's Veterans represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- The War Comes Home is the first book to systematically document the U.S. government's neglect of soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Aaron Glantz, who reported extensively from Iraq during the first three years of this war and has been reporting on the plight of veterans ever since, levels a devastating indictment against the Bush administration for its bald neglect of soldiers and its disingenuous reneging on their benefits. Glantz interviewed more than one hundred recent war veterans, and here he intersperses their haunting first-person accounts with investigations into specific co
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (282 pages)
- Contents
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- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Resource Boxes; Preface: Returning Home from Iraq; Acknowledgments; PART I: COMING HOME; 1 A Soldier Comes Home; 2 Trying to Adjust; 3 A Different Kind of Casualty; PART II: FIGHTING THE PENTAGON; 4 The Scandal at Walter Reed; 5 Coming Together; 6 Education; 7 Drugs, Crime, and Losing Your Benefits; 8 Losing Your Benefits--Personality Disorder; PART III: FIGHTING THE VA; 9 Meet the Bureaucracy; 10 Didn't Prepare to Treat the Wounded; 11 More Bureaucracy; PART IV: THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL: DRUGS, CRIME, HOMELESSNESS, AND SUICIDE; 12 Crime
- 13 Homeless on the Streets of America14 Suicide; 15 Suicide after the War; PART V: FIGHTING BACK; 16 A History of Neglect; 17 Winning the Battle at Home; Postscript: The War Inside; A Note on Sources; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
- Isbn
- 9780520942189
- Label
- The War Comes Home : Washington's Battle Against America's Veterans
- Title
- The War Comes Home
- Title remainder
- Washington's Battle Against America's Veterans
- Subject
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- Afghan War (2001- )
- Afghan War, 2001- -- Psychological aspects
- Delivery of Health Care -- organization & administration
- Disabled veterans -- Rehabilitation
- Disabled veterans -- Rehabilitation -- United States
- Disabled veterans -- Services for
- Disabled veterans -- Services for -- United States
- Disabled veterans -- United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century
- Iraq
- Iraq War, 2003-
- Iraq War, 2003-2011
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Psychological aspects
- Posttraumatisches Stresssyndrom
- Psychological aspects
- 1961-2099
- Soziale Situation
- Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
- USA
- United States
- United States
- Veteran
- Veterans
- Veterans -- Services for
- Veterans -- Services for -- United States
- Veterans -- Social conditions
- Veterans -- United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century
- Veterans -- psychology
- Veterans Disability Claims -- organization & administration
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Psychological aspects
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology | General
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The War Comes Home is the first book to systematically document the U.S. government's neglect of soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Aaron Glantz, who reported extensively from Iraq during the first three years of this war and has been reporting on the plight of veterans ever since, levels a devastating indictment against the Bush administration for its bald neglect of soldiers and its disingenuous reneging on their benefits. Glantz interviewed more than one hundred recent war veterans, and here he intersperses their haunting first-person accounts with investigations into specific co
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Glantz, Aaron
- Dewey number
- 362.860973
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- UB357
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- NLM call number
-
- 2009 B-086
- WA 360
- NLM item number
- G545w 2009
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Veterans
- Disabled veterans
- Veterans
- Disabled veterans
- Disabled veterans
- Iraq War, 2003-2011
- Afghan War, 2001-
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Veterans
- Delivery of Health Care
- Iraq War, 2003-
- Iraq War, 2003-2011
- Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
- Veterans Disability Claims
- Veterans
- United States
- Afghan War (2001- )
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Disabled veterans
- Disabled veterans
- Psychological aspects
- Veterans
- Veterans
- Iraq
- United States
- Soziale Situation
- Posttraumatisches Stresssyndrom
- Veteran
- USA
- Label
- The War Comes Home : Washington's Battle Against America's Veterans
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-245) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Resource Boxes; Preface: Returning Home from Iraq; Acknowledgments; PART I: COMING HOME; 1 A Soldier Comes Home; 2 Trying to Adjust; 3 A Different Kind of Casualty; PART II: FIGHTING THE PENTAGON; 4 The Scandal at Walter Reed; 5 Coming Together; 6 Education; 7 Drugs, Crime, and Losing Your Benefits; 8 Losing Your Benefits--Personality Disorder; PART III: FIGHTING THE VA; 9 Meet the Bureaucracy; 10 Didn't Prepare to Treat the Wounded; 11 More Bureaucracy; PART IV: THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL: DRUGS, CRIME, HOMELESSNESS, AND SUICIDE; 12 Crime
- 13 Homeless on the Streets of America14 Suicide; 15 Suicide after the War; PART V: FIGHTING BACK; 16 A History of Neglect; 17 Winning the Battle at Home; Postscript: The War Inside; A Note on Sources; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
- Control code
- 773565103
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (282 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780520942189
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/cttt4x9x
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)773565103
- Label
- The War Comes Home : Washington's Battle Against America's Veterans
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-245) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Resource Boxes; Preface: Returning Home from Iraq; Acknowledgments; PART I: COMING HOME; 1 A Soldier Comes Home; 2 Trying to Adjust; 3 A Different Kind of Casualty; PART II: FIGHTING THE PENTAGON; 4 The Scandal at Walter Reed; 5 Coming Together; 6 Education; 7 Drugs, Crime, and Losing Your Benefits; 8 Losing Your Benefits--Personality Disorder; PART III: FIGHTING THE VA; 9 Meet the Bureaucracy; 10 Didn't Prepare to Treat the Wounded; 11 More Bureaucracy; PART IV: THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL: DRUGS, CRIME, HOMELESSNESS, AND SUICIDE; 12 Crime
- 13 Homeless on the Streets of America14 Suicide; 15 Suicide after the War; PART V: FIGHTING BACK; 16 A History of Neglect; 17 Winning the Battle at Home; Postscript: The War Inside; A Note on Sources; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
- Control code
- 773565103
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (282 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780520942189
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/cttt4x9x
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)773565103
Subject
- Afghan War (2001- )
- Afghan War, 2001- -- Psychological aspects
- Delivery of Health Care -- organization & administration
- Disabled veterans -- Rehabilitation
- Disabled veterans -- Rehabilitation -- United States
- Disabled veterans -- Services for
- Disabled veterans -- Services for -- United States
- Disabled veterans -- United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century
- Iraq
- Iraq War, 2003-
- Iraq War, 2003-2011
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Psychological aspects
- Posttraumatisches Stresssyndrom
- Psychological aspects
- 1961-2099
- Soziale Situation
- Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
- USA
- United States
- United States
- Veteran
- Veterans
- Veterans -- Services for
- Veterans -- Services for -- United States
- Veterans -- Social conditions
- Veterans -- United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century
- Veterans -- psychology
- Veterans Disability Claims -- organization & administration
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Psychological aspects
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology | General
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