The Cynical Historian

The History of American Veterans (2018x37)

Air date: Nov 03, 2018

Veterans’ part in American history has been more important than you would typically think, and I’m not talking about their time during war. That’s military history. It’s when they return, what veterans have done to shape this country. In so many ways, our issues have driven substantial change. It is a crazy complex story, and I can only briefly cover it here in two parts. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Ortiz, Stephen R. ed. Veterans’ Policies, Veterans’ Politics: New Perspectives on Veterans in the Modern United States. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2012. https://amzn.to/2OoZbiM Rostker, Bernard. Providing for the Casualties of War: The American Experience through World War II. Santa Monica, Cal.: RAND Corporation, 2013. https://amzn.to/2LTJe2f Szatmary, David P. Shays’ Rebellion: The Making of an Agrarian Insurrection. Amherst: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1980. https://amzn.to/2K45OmZ Williams, Tony. America’s Beginnings: The Dramatic Events that Shaped a Nation’s Character. Lanham, Mar.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010. https://amzn.to/2OqSSen Kruse, Kevin M. and Stephen Tuck. Fog of War: The Second World War and the Civil Rights Movement. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2012. https://amzn.to/2K5hTbF Ortiz, Stephen R. ed. Veterans’ Policies, Veterans’ Politics: New Perspectives on Veterans in the Modern United States. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2012. https://amzn.to/2OoZbiM Rostker, Bernard. I Want You!: The Evolution of the All-Volunteer Force. Santa Monica, Cal.: The RAND corporation, 2006. https://amzn.to/2LTJ5vJ Rostker, Bernard. Providing for the Casualties of War: The American Experience through World War II. Santa Monica, Cal.: RAND Corporation, 2013. https://amzn.to/2LTJe2f Scott, Lawrence P. and William M. Womack Sr. Double V: The Civil Rights Struggle of the Tuskegee Airmen. East Lansing: Mich