Bonus Army An American Epic

Name: Bonus Army An American Epic
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ISBN: 9780802777386

ISBN-10: 0802777384

ISBN-13: 9780802777386

Edition: N/A

Authors: Paul Dickson, Thomas B. Allen

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In the summer of 1932, at the height of the Depression, some forty-five thousand World War I veterans—whites and blacks together—descended on Washington D.C., from all over the country to demand the bonus promised them eight years earlier for their wartime service. Fearing violence after the Senate defeated the "bonus bill," Herbert Hoover's Army Chief of Staff, Douglas MacArthur, led tanks through the streets on July 28 to evict the bonus marchers. nbsp; Through seminal research, including interviews with the last surviving witnesses, Paul Dickson and Thomas B. Allen tell the full story of the Bonus Army, recovering the voices of ordinary men who dared tilt at powerful injustice. The…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Publisher: Walker & Company
Publication date: 3/27/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

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