Burdens Of War
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Burdens Of War
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Author : Jessica L. Adler
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2017-07-19
Burdens Of War written by Jessica L. Adler and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-19 with History categories.
In the World War I era, veterans fought for a unique right: access to government-sponsored health care. In the process, they built a pillar of American social policy. Burdens of War explores how the establishment of the veterans’ health system marked a reimagining of modern veterans’ benefits and signaled a pathbreaking validation of the power of professionalized institutional medical care. Adler reveals that a veterans’ health system came about incrementally, amid skepticism from legislators, doctors, and army officials concerned about the burden of long-term obligations, monetary or otherwise, to ex-service members. She shows how veterans’ welfare shifted from centering on pension and domicile care programs rooted in the nineteenth century to direct access to health services. She also traces the way that fluctuating ideals about hospitals and medical care influenced policy at the dusk of the Progressive Era; how race, class, and gender affected the health-related experiences of soldiers, veterans, and caregivers; and how interest groups capitalized on a tense political and social climate to bring about change. The book moves from the 1910s—when service members requested better treatment, Congress approved new facilities and increased funding, and elected officials expressed misgivings about who should have access to care—to the 1930s, when the economic crash prompted veterans to increasingly turn to hospitals for support while bureaucrats, politicians, and doctors attempted to rein in the system. By the eve of World War II, the roots of what would become the country’s largest integrated health care system were firmly planted and primed for growth. Drawing readers into a critical debate about the level of responsibility America bears for wounded service members, Burdens of War is a unique and moving case study. -- Jennifer D. Keene, Chapman University, author of Doughboys, the Great War, and the Remaking of America
Burden Of War
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Author : Michael Cameron
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-11-07
Burden Of War written by Michael Cameron and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-07 with categories.
22 Veterans a day commit suicide. For Troy he is on the path to being a part of that statistic, but when fate intervenes in the form of an abandoned child. Troy must find the strength to not only keep himself alive, but this child as well. Opportunity for Troy knocks twice when he is given a helping hand by a veteran police officer. He must find it in himself to battle his demons as others now rely on him to stay alive. He will find as he refuses to abandon them, they refuse to abandon him.
Hidden Wounds
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Author : Nate Brookshire
language : en
Publisher: Network 3000
Release Date : 2011-07
Hidden Wounds written by Nate Brookshire and has been published by Network 3000 this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07 with Fiction categories.
April 13, 1945...The last days of WWII...Eight lone German soldiers surrendered. Instead of a POW camp, their steps took them into a shallow grave.John Dougall, an 18-year-old American soldier stood by as the murderous shots were fired. Laying there among the dead was Rudolph Haas, an officer whose death would burden John for a lifetime.John sough redemption in the rugged hills of Korea and in the swamps of Vietnam. Chaining him to remorse and guilt were the private thoughts of Haas, written carefully into the diary that John had taken from the German's body.Six decades later, fate gave John one last chance to set things right and make peace with his past.This is the story of two soldiers robbed of their happiness, yet both clinging fiercely to their honor; and the stories of their wives, as strong in heart as any warrior.The journey takes our heroes from the safety of South Carolina to the battlefields of Europe and from the frozen Siberian Gulag to the gothic cities of Bavaria. The secrets of the Journal connect them all and unbeknownst to John, spark a love that heals their hidden wounds.
The Burdens Of Survival
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Author : David C. Stahl
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2003-02-28
The Burdens Of Survival written by David C. Stahl and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-02-28 with History categories.
Although still virtually unknown in the West, Ôoka Shôhei (1909-1988) is one of Japan's most important and influential writers and social critics. The Burdens of Survival is both a seminal English-language study of this preeminent literary figure and one of the first scholarly works to thoroughly examine the war literature of a major Japanese veteran-author. Drawing on Robert Jay Lifton's work on traumatic experience and survivor psychology, the book tells the illuminating story of Ôoka's arduous journey that began with guilt-ridden survival as a prisoner of war in the Philippines and culminated some twenty-five years later in the fruitful completion of survivor mission. David C. Stahl examines Ôoka's battlefield memoirs, including the established war classic Fires on the Plain (1952), in terms of extreme experience, survivor guilt, bearing witness, and the "inability to mourn." Writing enabled Ôoka to give cathartic expression to his haunting battlefield experience and made it possible for him to move from blame-shifting to empathy and mourning. The lengthy, exhaustively researched historical work The Battle for Leyte Island (1967-1969) faithfully details the personal and collective experience of battle, depravation, and loss, and clarifies who and what was ultimately responsible for defeat. Toward the end of this work and Return to Mindoro Island (1969), Ooka draws attention to the outstanding obligations owed by his countrymen to the war dead and suggests how they can be fulfilled by public confrontation, learning the lessons of defeat, and using them to rectify lingering social and political evils.
Preventing Profiteering In Time Of War And To Equalize The Burdens Of War And Thus Provide For The National Defense And Promote Peace
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Preventing Profiteering In Time Of War And To Equalize The Burdens Of War And Thus Provide For The National Defense And Promote Peace written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Excess profits tax categories.
Shouldering The Burdens Of Defeat
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Author : Michael L. Hughes
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2014-06-30
Shouldering The Burdens Of Defeat written by Michael L. Hughes and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-30 with History categories.
World War II and its aftermath brought devastating material losses to millions of West Germans. Military action destroyed homes, businesses, and personal possessions; East European governments expelled 15 million ethnic Germans from their ancestral homes; and currency reform virtually wiped out many Germans' hard-earned savings. These "war damaged" individuals, well over one-third of the West German population, vehemently demanded compensation at the expense of those who had not suffered losses, to be financed through capital levies on surviving private property. Michael Hughes offers the first comprehensive study of West Germany's efforts to redistribute the costs of war and defeat among its citizenry. The debate over a Lastenausgleich (a balancing out of burdens) generated thousands of documents in which West Germans articulated deeply held beliefs about social justice, economic rationality, and political legitimacy. Hughes uses these sources to trace important changes in German society since 1918, illuminating the process by which West Germans, who had rejected liberal democracy in favor of Nazi dictatorship in the 1930s, came to accept the social-market economy and parliamentary democracy of the 1950s.
Surrogate Warfare
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Author : Andreas Krieg
language : en
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Release Date : 2019-06-01
Surrogate Warfare written by Andreas Krieg and has been published by Georgetown University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-01 with Political Science categories.
Surrogate Warfare explores the emerging phenomenon of “surrogate warfare” in twenty-first century conflict. The popular notion of war is that it is fought en masse by the people of one side versus the other. But the reality today is that both state and non-state actors are increasingly looking to shift the burdens of war to surrogates. Surrogate warfare describes a patron's outsourcing of the strategic, operational, or tactical burdens of warfare, in whole or in part, to human and/or technological substitutes in order to minimize the costs of war. This phenomenon ranges from arming rebel groups, to the use of armed drones, to cyber propaganda. Krieg and Rickli bring old, related practices such as war by mercenary or proxy under this new overarching concept. Apart from analyzing the underlying sociopolitical drivers that trigger patrons to substitute or supplement military action, this book looks at the intrinsic trade-offs between substitutions and control that shapes the relationship between patron and surrogate. Surrogate Warfare will be essential reading for anyone studying contemporary conflict.
Taxing Wars
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Author : Sarah Elizabeth Kreps
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018
Taxing Wars written by Sarah Elizabeth Kreps and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Law categories.
"Why have the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq lasted longer than any others in American history? One view is that the move to an all-volunteer force and drones have allowed the wars to continue almost unnoticed for years. Taxing Wars suggests how Americans bear the burden in treasure has also changed, with recent wars financed by debt rather than taxes. This shift has eroded accountability and contributed to the phenomenon of perpetual war"--
When Sinners Like Me Come Home Searching For Life After War
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Author : Steele J. Kelly
language : en
Publisher: Lioncrest Publishing
Release Date : 2018-07-31
When Sinners Like Me Come Home Searching For Life After War written by Steele J. Kelly and has been published by Lioncrest Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-31 with Self-Help categories.
While the tales of combat are loud, the stories of returning home are silent. While the effects of war on our veterans are seen, the collateral damage of war on our loved ones is hidden. This book confronts the uncomfortable conversation of mental health and the glaring need for platform reformation to educate both veterans and their loved ones desperate for hope. When Sinners Like Me Come Home tells the story of a veteran whose heart and mind remained in war, long after he returned home. With stories ranging from Afghanistan to Nepal, this book tells how he made every attempt to run away from his feelings of loss and hopelessness and from the burdens of war lurking below. Then one night, while dying alone on a glacier in the Himalayas, he could no longer run from his past. There is a saying, "A wise man learns from the mistakes of others, a smart man learns from his own, and a fool never learns." Which one are you?
What Every Person Should Know About War
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Author : Chris Hedges
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2007-11-01
What Every Person Should Know About War written by Chris Hedges and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11-01 with History categories.
Acclaimed New York Times journalist and author Chris Hedges offers a critical -- and fascinating -- lesson in the dangerous realities of our age: a stark look at the effects of war on combatants. Utterly lacking in rhetoric or dogma, this manual relies instead on bare fact, frank description, and a spare question-and-answer format. Hedges allows U.S. military documentation of the brutalizing physical and psychological consequences of combat to speak for itself. Hedges poses dozens of questions that young soldiers might ask about combat, and then answers them by quoting from medical and psychological studies. • What are my chances of being wounded or killed if we go to war? • What does it feel like to get shot? • What do artillery shells do to you? • What is the most painful way to get wounded? • Will I be afraid? • What could happen to me in a nuclear attack? • What does it feel like to kill someone? • Can I withstand torture? • What are the long-term consequences of combat stress? • What will happen to my body after I die? This profound and devastating portrayal of the horrors to which we subject our armed forces stands as a ringing indictment of the glorification of war and the concealment of its barbarity.