Those Who Have Borne The Battle

Author : James Wright
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781610390736

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Those Who Have Borne the Battle by James Wright Pdf

At the heart of the story of America’s wars are our “citizen soldiers”—those hometown heroes who fought and sacrificed from Bunker Hill at Charlestown to Pointe du Hoc in Normandy, and beyond, without expectation of recognition or recompense. Americans like to think that the service of its citizen volunteers is, and always has been, of momentous importance in our politics and society. But though this has made for good storytelling, the reality of America’s relationship to its veterans is far more complex. In Those Who Have Borne the Battle, historian and marine veteran James Wright tells the story of the long, often troubled relationship between America and those who have defended her—from the Revolutionary War to today—shedding new light both on our history and on the issues our country and its armed forces face today. From the beginning, American gratitude to its warriors was not a given. Prior to World War II, the prevailing view was that, as citizen soldiers, the service of its young men was the price of citizenship in a free society. Even Revolutionary War veterans were affectionately, but only temporarily, embraced, as the new nation and its citizens had much else to do. In time, the celebration of the nation’s heroes became an important part of our culture, building to the response to World War II, where warriors were celebrated and new government programs provided support for veterans. The greater transformation came in the wars after World War II, as the way we mobilize for war, fight our wars, and honor those who serve has changed in drastic and troubling ways. Unclear and changing military objectives have made our actions harder for civilians to stand behind, a situation compounded by the fact that the armed forces have become less representative of American society as a whole. Few citizens join in the sacrifice that war demands. The support systems seem less and less capable of handling the increasing number of wounded warriors returning from our numerous and bewildering conflicts abroad. A masterful work of history, Those Who Have Borne the Battle expertly relates the burdens carried by veterans dating back to the Revolution, as well as those fighting today’s wars. And it challenges Americans to do better for those who serve and sacrifice today.

Author : Lionel Beehner,Risa Brooks,Daniel Maurer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780197535523

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Reconsidering American Civil-Military Relations by Lionel Beehner,Risa Brooks,Daniel Maurer Pdf

This book explores contemporary civil-military relations in the United States. Much of the canonical literature on civil-military relations was either written during or references the Cold War, while other major research focuses on the post-Cold War era, or the first decade of the twenty-first century. A great deal has changed since then. This book considers the implications for civil-military relations of many of these changes. Specifically, it focuses on factors such as breakdowns in democratic and civil-military norms and conventions; intensifying partisanship and deepening political divisions in American society; as well as new technology and the evolving character of armed conflict. Chapters are organized around the principal actors in civil-military relations, and the book includes sections on the military, civilian leadership, and the public. It explores the roles and obligations of each. The book also examines how changes in contemporary armed conflict influence civil-military relations. Chapters in this section examine the cyber domain, grey zone operations, asymmetric warfare and emerging technology. The book thus brings the study of civil-military relations into the contemporary era, in which new geopolitical realities and the changing character of armed conflict combine with domestic political tensions to test, if not potentially redefine, those relations.

Author : Suzanne Gordon
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501730849

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Wounds of War by Suzanne Gordon Pdf

U.S. military conflicts abroad have left nine million Americans dependent on the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) for medical care. Their "wounds of war" are treated by the largest hospital system in the country—one that has come under fire from critics in the White House, on Capitol Hill, and in the nation's media. In Wounds of War, Suzanne Gordon draws on five years of observational research to describe how the VHA does a better job than private sector institutions offering primary and geriatric care, mental health and home care services, and support for patients nearing the end of life. In the unusual culture of solidarity between patients and providers that the VHA has fostered, Gordon finds a working model for higher-quality health care and a much-needed alternative to the practice of for-profit medicine.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Health
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105050488100

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Gulf War Exposures by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Health Pdf

Author : United States. President
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1114 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Presidents
ISBN : UOM:49015002203256

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Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States by United States. President Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1020 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UIUC:30112020524051

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Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. President (1963-1969 : Johnson),Lyndon Baines Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 820 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : United States
ISBN : PSU:000023137356

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Lyndon B. Johnson by United States. President (1963-1969 : Johnson),Lyndon Baines Johnson Pdf

Author : Estados Unidos. Presidente (1963-1969: Johnson)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 822 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : United States
ISBN : UCM:5317599973

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Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson by Estados Unidos. Presidente (1963-1969: Johnson) Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Homeless veterans
ISBN : PURD:32754074676622

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Pending Health Legislation, Including the Heather French Henry Homeless Veterans Assistance Act by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Veterans' Affairs Pdf

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1380 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Law
ISBN : HARVARD:32044116493990

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Congressional Record by United States. Congress Pdf

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

Author : Abraham Lincoln
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780393614732

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Lincoln's Selected Writings (International Student Edition) (Norton Critical Editions) by Abraham Lincoln Pdf

Bancroft Prize–winning scholar David S. Reynolds edits and introduces a broad selection of Abraham Lincoln’s writings—from his earliest days through his last. Lincoln’s Selected Writings includes a rich selection of his public and private letters, speeches, eulogies, proposals, debate transcriptions, addresses (including the First and Second Inaugurals), and more. The texts are accompanied by explanatory annotations, a detailed preface, a note on the texts, and a list of abbreviations. Lincoln’s writings are followed by contemporary responses to him in poems, songs, and articles; representations of Lincoln in modern imaginative and nonfiction writing; and selections from recent cross-disciplinary studies of Lincoln—including discussions of his literary techniques and oratorical style as well as examinations of his political evolution in new cultural and social contexts. Among the many contributors are Horace Greeley, Jesse Hutchinson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Karl Marx, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Victor Hugo, and Walt Whitman. “Modern Views” presents sixteen major interpretations of Lincoln’s life, work, and legacy carefully chosen to promote discussion. The contributors are Carl Sandburg, Allen C. Guelzo, James Oakes, Gillian Silverman, Richard N. Current, Harold Holzer, Sean Wilentz, Eric Foner, Manisha Sinha, Robert A. Ferguson, Gabor Boritt, James McPherson, Stephen Cushman, Faith Barrett, David S. Reynolds, and Richard Carwardine and Jay Sexton. A chronology, selected bibliography, and index are also included.

Author : Lyde Cullen-Sizer,Jim Cullen
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780470759110

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The Civil War Era by Lyde Cullen-Sizer,Jim Cullen Pdf

There is an extraordinary range of material in this anthology, from Lincoln’s Gettysburg address to a contemporary account of a visit from the Ku Klux Klan. The primary sources reproduced are both visual and written, and the secondary materials present a remarkable breadth and quality of relevant scholarship. Contains an extensive selection of writings and illustrations on the American Civil War Reflects society and culture as well as the politics and key battles of the Civil War Reproduces and links primary and secondary sources to encourage exploration of the material Includes editorial introductions and study questions to aid understanding

Author : Jeffery A. Hogge
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786451883

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Norton Parker Chipman by Jeffery A. Hogge Pdf

Norton Parker Chipman is best known for successfully prosecuting Henry Wirz, the infamous commander of the Confederacy's Andersonville Prison where more than 13,000 Union soldiers died during the American Civil War. A Union officer, Chipman participated in many important events during and after the Civil War. He accompanied President Lincoln to Gettysburg and worked directly with Secretary of War Stanton. Later, he represented the District of Columbia as its delegate to Congress, led the fund-raising to complete the Washington Monument and wrote the order creating Memorial Day. He rose to prominence in California's burgeoning agribusiness and served many years as a state Supreme Court commissioner and a Court of Appeal presiding justice. This biography provides intimate accounts of a wounded combat officer's perspective of the Civil War, a Washington insider's view of the postwar capital and a veteran's influence in shaping and developing California.

Author : Barry Cogswell
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-16
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781496903105

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To Have Borne Witness by Barry Cogswell Pdf

We are living in a time of massive change. Our planets life-giving world of nature is suffering unsustainable duress and is headed towards collapse. At the same time, humankind is forging ahead with ever more potent and destructive industrial practices, practices that are causing the over-exploitation of both renewable and non-renewable resources, which in turn are resulting in even more worldwide environmental degradation. As the power of industry becomes more efficient, as the human population continues to increase, and as life-sustaining nature suffers ongoing trauma, the situation will soon be dire. Two over-riding questions dominate. On a finite planet can we really expect infinite growth and, in our rush to grow the global economy, are we condemning future generations to lives that will, in fact, be unsustainable? If that is so, as this book concludes, it will inevitably cause civil conflict - a conflict between the industrial extractors of natural resources and those who wish to protect our earth for future generations. Until now, the conflicts have been mostly law-abiding, but for how long can more radical reactions be deterred? Through reminiscences, personal observations and documented examples of wild animal depletions, the author explores the ecological damage we have already caused. At the end of the book, he proposes some solutions that should protect future generations from the outrages of our time. But are we capable of making the necessary changes?

Author : James Wright
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1684580994

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War and American Life by James Wright Pdf

An engaging collection of essays focusing on American veterans. Cannons in the Park is a book of essays and reflections by celebrated historian and former marine James Wright, who has been active as an advocate, teacher, and scholar. Featuring both previously published pieces and new essays, the book considers veterans in America and the ways in which our society needs better to understand who they are and what they have done on the nation's behalf--and the responsibilities that follow this recognition.