Over Here How the G. I. Bill Transformed the American Dream

Name: Over Here How the G. I. Bill Transformed the American Dream
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ISBN: 9780151007103

ISBN-10: 0151007101

ISBN-13: 9780151007103

Edition: 2006

Authors: Edward Humes

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In 1944, the U.S. government feared the flood of returning World War II soldiers as much as it looked forward to peace. To avoid economic catastrophe, FDR, the American Legion, William Randolph Hearst, and others began crafting the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944. It would be the single most transformative bill of the twentieth century. Spun as the G.I. Bill of Rights, this program for vets included home loans, health care, educational funds, and career counseling. The effects were immediate and enduring-- the suburbs, the middle class, America's ever-increasing number of college graduates, the lunar landing-- all are tied to the G.I. Bill. The Greatest Generation would not exist…

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List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Publication date: 10/2/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Edward Humes is a veteran journalist, contributing to the Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine, and has written numerous books including Baby E. R. and the bestselling Mississippi Mud, Mean Justice, and No Matter How Loud I Shout. A graduate of Hampshire College and a Pulitzer Prize winner, he lives in Southern California with his family.



Prologue: Troop Movement Unlike Any Other



The Greatest Regeneration: The Accidental Remaking of America



Cold Wars, Hot Rockets, a New American Dream



Investing in the Future: Bill Thomas and the Rise of Suburbia



Bill and Vivian Kingsley: G.I. Tech



Out of the Blue: Medical Miracles



Nixon and Kennedy, Bonnie and Clyde: The G.I. Bill and the Arts



Gunnery Mates and Other Invisible Veterans: Women and the G.I. Bill that Wasn't



Monte Posey's War: Race and the G.I. Bill



What's inside? Leaders and the G.I. Bill


Epilogue Kilroy's Not Here: The Future and the G.I. Bill


Acknowledgments


A Note on Sources


Index