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1001 Things To Love About Military Life

By HENDERSON , Scherer , Tara , Holly , Hightower , Crooks , Kathie , STARLETT

Book information

Publisher
Center Street
Year
2011
ISBN
9780195331301, 9781455505845
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
10 MB (10322572 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

The G.I. Bill not only fueled the development of the middle class: it also revitalized American democracy. Americans who came of age during World War II joined fraternal groups and neighborhood and community organizations and took part in politics at rates that made the postwar era the twentieth century's civic "golden age." Drawing on extensive interviews and surveys with hundreds of members of the "greatest generation," Suzanne Mettler finds that by treating veterans as first-class citizens and in granting advanced education, the Bill inspired them to become active participants thanks to whom memberships in civic organizations soared and levels of political activity peaked.

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