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Author Ortiz, Stephen R.

Title Beyond the Bonus March and GI Bill : How Veteran Politics Shaped the New Deal Era.

Imprint New York : NYU Press, 2009.
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Summary The period between World Wars I and II was a time of turbulent political change, with suffragists, labor radicals, demagogues, and other voices clamoring to be heard. One group of activists that has yet to be closely examined by historians is World War I veterans. Mining the papers of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and the American Legion (AL), Stephen R. Ortiz reveals that veterans actively organized in the years following the war to claim state benefits (such as pensions and bonuses), and strove to articulate a role for themselves as a distinct political bloc during the New Deal era. Bey.
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Contents Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Veterans' Policy and Veteran Organizations, 1917-1929; 2 Rethinking the Bonus March; 3 The "New Deal" for Veterans; 4 The Bonus Re-emerges; 5 "The Pro-Bonus Party"; 6 Veteran Politics and the New Deal's Political Triumph of 1936; Conclusion: GI Bill Legacies; Postscript: A GI Bill for the Twenty-first Century?; Notes; Index; About the Author.
Subject Bonus Expeditionary Forces.
Bonus Expeditionary Forces
Veterans -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Veterans -- United States.
Veterans -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Veterans -- United States -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
Veterans -- Education -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Protest movements -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 20th century.
New Deal, 1933-1939.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1919-1933.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
Anciens combattants -- Activité politique -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 -- Anciens combattants -- États-Unis.
Anciens combattants -- Politique gouvernementale -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
Anciens combattants -- États-Unis -- Conditions économiques -- 20e siècle.
Anciens combattants -- Éducation -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
Contestation -- Washington (D.C.) -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
New Deal.
États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1919-1933.
États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1933-1945.
New Deal.
HISTORY -- Military -- World War I.
New Deal, 1933-1939
Politics and government
Protest movements
Veterans
Veterans -- Economic conditions
Veterans -- Education
Veterans -- Government policy
Veterans -- Political activity
United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
Washington (D.C.) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJfCwCMmJdPvK8H8hpkCcP
HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I
World War (1914-1918) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB9cvdKydGHm4yKx7Gb
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form History
Other Form: Print version: Ortiz, Stephen R. Beyond the Bonus March and GI Bill : How Veteran Politics Shaped the New Deal Era. New York : NYU Press, ©2009 9780814762134
ISBN 9780814762561
0814762565
Standard No. AU@ 000055798206
AU@ 000069242566
DEBSZ 431101884
DEBSZ 449287327

 
    
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