The American Legion Story
Author | : Raymond Moley |
Publisher | : Greenwood |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Raymond Moley |
Publisher | : Greenwood |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Marquis James |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 1923 |
Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
ISBN | : |
Author | : George Seay Wheat |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 162 |
Release | : 2020-05-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781789872446 |
The American Legion was founded in 1919, shortly after the harrowing conflict of World War I drew to a close; this book describes the founding, and the principles which underscored the Legion from day one. An excellent insight into the thought behind veterans' organizations, this book discusses the merits behind the creation of the American Legion. The foregoing devastation which characterized World War I, in which enormous numbers of Americans were enlisted for service, made the formation of veterans groups an urgent matter. The founders sought to promote the democratic ideals of the USA, record experiences of individual soldiers, and maintain ties of friendship between former soldiers. Much of this book describes the structure of the American Legion, how officers used their experience in the military hierarchy to create a cohesive group. The early meetings are described with the comments of the young troops, who had only recently experienced intense combat on Europe's Western Front. We also hear favorable words in the press of the time, which deemed the veterans' group needed. Finally, a lengthy list of names for every state's chapter is appended - in just a year, the American Legion became a national group, with committees in most states of the union.
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 38 |
Release | : 1958* |
Genre | : Veterans |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Thomas A. Rumer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 702 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : H. L. "Bud" Curtis |
Publisher | : Aardvark Global Publishing DBA Ecko Publishing |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781427650306 |
"H.L. "Bud" Curtis, 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team (PRCT) 1943-1945"--Cover.
Author | : Richard Seelye Jones |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 1946 |
Genre | : American legion |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Kathleen J. Frydl |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011-08-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781107402935 |
Scholars have argued about U.S. state development - in particular its laggard social policy and weak institutional capacity - for generations. Neo-institutionalism has informed and enriched these debates, but, as yet, no scholar has reckoned with a very successful and sweeping social policy designed by the federal government: the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, more popularly known as the GI Bill. Kathleen J. Frydl addresses the GI Bill in the first study based on systematic and comprehensive use of the records of the Veterans Administration. Frydl's research situates the Bill squarely in debates about institutional development, social policy and citizenship, and political legitimacy. It demonstrates the multiple ways in which the GI Bill advanced federal power and social policy, and, at the very same time, limited its extent and its effects.
Author | : George Seay Wheat |
Publisher | : IndyPublish.com |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1919 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Steve Bassett |
Publisher | : Xeno Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781939096241 |
Golden Ghetto: How the Americans & French Fell In & Out of Love During the Cold War is an intimate, improbable story of fear and skepticism giving way to trust and friendship at a huge U.S. Air Force base in central France that, for two generations, transformed the political, economic, and social life of an occupied territory.