Veterans of Future Wars

Informationen zum Autor Donald W. Whisenhunt is professor of history, emeritus at Western Washington University. Klappentext This book tells the story of The Veterans of Future Wars (VFW), a student movement that attracted widespread support in a short few months in 1936. Despite its short life, it was a successful movement that attracted wide support and caused serious discussion about the role of the federal government in providing bonuses to veterans. It focused American attention on the bonus issue, which had been a political issue for many years. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Prologue Chapter 2 Chapter 1. A Bonus of Their Own Chapter 3 Chapter 2. Riding the Tiger Chapter 4 Chapter 3. Too Many Disciples Chapter 5 Chapter 4. A Plethora of Imitators Chapter 6 Chapter 5. The Political Game Chapter 7 Chapter 6. Too Many Enemies Chapter 8 Chapter 7. Neither Red nor Yellow Chapter 9 Chapter 8. The Demise 10 Afterword 11 Appendix 1. Manifesto of Veterans of Future Wars 12 Appendix 2. Manifesto of Future Gold Star Mothers 13 Appendix 3. Veterans' Preference Act 14 Appendix 4. By-Laws of the Veterans of Future Wars 15 Appendix 5. Act Introduced in Congress79 16 Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Donald Whisenhunt, Donald W. Whisenhunt, Whisenhunt Donald W.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2010
• EAN: 9780739148297
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-4829-7
• No. of pages: 212
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / Military / Veterans, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Popular beliefs and controversial knowledge, History of the Americas, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Military veterans, Hoaxes & deceptions, American History;Twentieth Century History