War''s Waste - Rehabilitation in World War I America

Informationen zum Autor Beth Linker is assistant professor in the Department of History and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania. Klappentext Explains how! before entering World War I! the United States sought a way to avoid the enormous cost of providing injured soldiers with pensions! which it had done since the Revolutionary War. This title includes a story that culminates in the postwar establishment of the Veteran's Administration. Zusammenfassung Explains how! before entering World War I! the United States sought a way to avoid the enormous cost of providing injured soldiers with pensions! which it had done since the Revolutionary War. This title includes a story that culminates in the postwar establishment of the Veteran's Administration.

Product details

• Authors: Beth Linker, Beth Linker, Linker Beth
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.06.2011
• EAN: 9780226482538
• ISBN: 978-0-226-48253-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; USA, Rehabilitation, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / Military / General, MEDICAL / Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / United States, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Military administration, History of the Americas, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), MEDICAL / Military Medicine