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Vets under Siege How America Deceives and Dishonors Those Who Fight Our Battles

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ISBN-10: 0312561660

ISBN-13: 9780312561666

Edition: N/A

Authors: Martin Schram

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An award-winning Washington journalist reports firsthand accounts that expose the shameless mistreatment of America's young servicemen and women--from recruiters' deceptions and a lack of armor in battle to shoddy, disgusting conditions at Walter Reed and other medical facilities.
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Book details

List price: $23.99
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 12/8/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Acknowledgments
Prologue
The Unending Battles of War and Peace
The Wartime Battles of Bill Florey E4 SPC, U.S. Army, 82nd Airborne, Persian Gulf War
The Peacetime Battles of Bill Florey E4 SPC, U.S. Army, 82nd Airborne, Persian Gulf War
The Shaping of a National Mind-set
The Bonus Army: The Sad Summer When the Veterans Invaded Washington
Old Soldiers Sometimes Die-Waiting: After a Lifetime of Delays
Decades of Waste How the System Spent Decades Making a One-Day Decision
Veterans at War at Home DAV vs. DVA
The Mystery Caller VA Help Lines Are Often Helpless, Hapless, Hopeless
A Government History of VA Failures: Decades of Reports About Delays
Outpatient Delays: Diagnosis and Cure
The Pain of Unseen Wounds: Slow to Learn the ABCs of PTSD
A New Generation of Vets: Ratings Games and Waiting Lists
Seeds of Dishonor and Disservice: How a System in Trouble Sows Disrespect
An Agent Orange Veterans Day: Retired but Still Battling
Living Monuments: The True Cost of the Iraq War
Whip-Cracking Washington: Revelations at Walter Reed
Solutions
Blue Ribbons and Red Tape: Commissioning Change
Reality Check, Gut Check: An Interlude in the Search for Solutions
A Department of Veterans Advocacy: Renaming the VA, Rededicating Ourselves
Index