Disposable heroes : the betrayal of African-American veterans / Benjamin Fleury-Steiner.

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Fleury-Steiner, Benjamin, 1970-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Perspectives on a multiracial America seriesPublication details: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2012.Description: 1 online resource (vii, 187 p.)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781442217874
1442217871
9786613930620
6613930628
1283618176
9781283618175

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Disposable heroesDDC classification:

362.86089/96073 23

LOC classification:

UB357

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Contents:

African-American veterans and the war at home -- The African-American veteran as a social problem -- Joining up -- In the service -- The journey home -- "We thank you for your service" -- Appendix : Veteran's advocacy organizations.

Summary: Disposable Heroes illuminates challenges facing many African American veterans. Rather than finding military service to be a path to upward mobility, these veterans fight just to survive. Drawing on in-depth interviews with veterans of Vietnam and recent wars, as well as national survey data, the book shows the ways America fails black veterans today.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-179) and index.

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Disposable Heroes illuminates challenges facing many African American veterans. Rather than finding military service to be a path to upward mobility, these veterans fight just to survive. Drawing on in-depth interviews with veterans of Vietnam and recent wars, as well as national survey data, the book shows the ways America fails black veterans today.

English.

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