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Book SynopsisThis book will captivate readers interested in the legacy of the Civil War, the role of military veterans after they return to civilian life, and the fight against racism in America. Steven A. Goldman looks at the contentious post-Civil War era from the perspective of that special breed, Union soldiers who lived by the bayonet and survived to carry on the fight for equality in the decades to come. He explores the root causes of this historic contest, the changing attitudes of northern servicemen with respect to the Civil War’s purpose, and the psychological effect of involvement in what, from hindsight, was an unfinished work in the cause of freedom and equality for all Americans. Relying on unpublished letters and other primary sources, Goldman uses the veterans’ words and actions to depict their steadfast struggle to preserve the memory and understanding of why the war was fought, and to confront the implications of remembrance, commemoration and reconciliation for America's future.

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Book SynopsisKnown in health care circles for his ability to fix ailing hospitals, David Shulkin was originally brought into government by President Obama, in an attempt to save the broken Department of Veterans Affairs. When President Trump made him the first VA secretary without military experience-a fact Dr. Shulkin first learned from his television-he was as shocked as anyone.Yet this surprise was trivial compared to what Shulkin encountered as the VA secretary: a team of political appointees devoted to stopping anyone -- including the secretary himself -- who stood in the way of privatising the organisation. In this uninhibited memoir, Shulkin opens up about why the government has long struggled to get good medical care to military veterans and how the current government has stopped even trying. This is a book about the commitment we make to the people who risk their lives for our country, how and why we've failed to honour it and why the new administration is making things worse than they've ever been.

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Book SynopsisWith both personal and professional insight from a range of contributors, this informative guide highlights the use of art therapy in a range of settings to support military veterans. Offering a wealth of knowledge on this approach and the variety of current programs available, this is an invaluable resource for all therapists looking to provide support for this population.Chapters explore the use of art therapy in a range of different settings, including museum programs, open studio therapy and assisted living environments, as well as large group therapy at treatment facilities for active-duty service members. It also offers rare insight into the effectiveness of art therapy in supporting veterans who are processing military sexual trauma, moral injury and countertransference, filling essential gaps in knowledge within this area.As demand for this practice continues to grow, Art Therapy with Veterans provides inspiration for future programs and therapists looking to support military communities.Trade ReviewThis edited collection brings together a strong representation of contemporary art therapy practices and approaches for veterans from diverse viewpoints, settings, and experiences. The variety of topics presented highlight the many ways art therapy supports service members and important considerations for anyone working with or connected to active or retired military. A valuable resource and contribution! -- Gretchen M. Miller, MA, ATR-BC, ACTP Registered Board Certified Art Therapist, Art Therapy Educator, Director, Peace Paper ProjectThe authors provide an invaluable text on treating veterans. A balance between academic writings and personal narratives, nine chapters cover far-ranging topics from dealing with military sexual trauma, substance abuse, loss, moral injury, to coping with countertransference. This book affords a firm foundation on which to work with our military heroes. -- Marcia L. Rosal, PhD, ATR-BC, HLM Professor Emerita (Retired), Florida State UniversitySuch an amazing and timely book about art therapy with veterans, edited by an art therapist who is a veteran. Ms. Rachel Mims, alongside a cadre of amazing scholars and practitioners, has provided a well-rounded, accessible resource that demonstrates just how valuable art therapy is in meeting the needs of those that have served. -- David E. Gussak, PhD, ATR-BC—Florida State University, Professor of Art Therapy and Project Coordinator of the FSU/FDC Art Therapy in Prisons ProgramTable of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1: Art Therapy Treatment for Military Sexual Trauma by Rachel Mims Chapter 2: Art for Warriors: A Museum Based Art Therapy Program for Veterans by Raquel Farrell-KirkChapter 3: Handpapermaking with Student Veterans by Meredith McMackinChapter 4: Building Hope, Resilience, and Freedom in an Open Studio Group by Jashley Boatright Chapter 5: Reflection, Reminiscence, Honor: Working with Veterans in Later Life by Erin Partridge Chapter 6: Moral Injury in Veterans and Military Service Members by Rachel Mims Chapter 7: Mission Resiliency: A Large Group Art Therapy program by Deborah MurphyChapter 8: Art Therapy in an Active Duty Military Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Clinic by Courtney Bennett and Kevin D'AugustineChapter 9: Countertransference When Working with Military Service Members and Veterans by Rachel Mims, Peter Buotte, Gioia Chilton, Kevin D'Augustine and Meredith McMackin

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Book SynopsisWhat are the nation's obligations to those who fight in its name? And when does war's legacy of disability outweigh the nation's interests at home and abroad? This book examines the history of American warfare through the lens of its troubled legacy of injury and disability. It forces you to think about war and its painful costs.Trade Review"We hear a lot about the 'human cost of war,' but Kinder's book not only exposes us to its dismembering horror, but also asks us to follow disabled service-personnel back into the civilian world after the war, where they struggle to reinvent their lives. It is a compassionate account of terrible suffering, which many veterans don't survive. The big question remains: why have we still not learnt the lesson of war?" (Joanna Bourke, University of London)

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Book SynopsisFrom 1973 to 1990 in Chile, approximately 370,000 young men were conscripted to serve as soldiers in Augusto Pinochet's violent regime. Some were brutal enforcers, but many endured physical and psychological abuse. Leith Passmore examines the emergence, in the early twenty-first century, of a movement of ex-conscripts seeking reparations.

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Book SynopsisProviding detailed evidence-based progress notes language as required by managed care companies and accrediting agencies, this valuable resource saves hours of time-consuming paperwork, yet offers the freedom to develop customized progress notes.Table of ContentsPracticePlanners® Series Preface xiii Introduction 1 Adjustment to Killing 3 Adjustment to the Military Culture 14 Amputation, Loss of Mobility, Disfigurement 23 Anger Management and Domestic Violence 33 Antisocial Behavior in the Military 45 Anxiety 57 Attention and Concentration Deficits 68 Bereavement Due to the Loss of a Comrade 77 Borderline Personality 88 Brief Reactive Psychotic Episode 99 Chronic Pain after Injury 108 Combat and Operational Stress Reaction 118 Conflict with Comrades 128 Depression 138 Diversity Acceptance 151 Financial Difficulties 158 Homesickness/Loneliness 169 Insomnia 178 Mild Traumatic Brain Injury 187 Nightmares 197 Opioid Dependence 206 Panic/Agoraphobia 222 Parenting Problems Related to Deployment 233 Performance-Enhancing Supplement Use 242 Phobia 249 Physiological Stress Response⎯Acute 261 Post-Deployment Reintegration Problems 270 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) 279 Pre-Deployment Stress 295 Separation and Divorce 304 Sexual Assault by Another Service Member 314 Shift Work Sleep Disorder 323 Social Discomfort 332 Spiritual and Religious Issues 342 Substance Abuse/Dependence 350 Suicidal Ideation 366 Survivor’s Guilt 376 Tobacco Use 385

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Book SynopsisForced to contend with unprecedented levels of psychological trauma during World War II, the United States military began sponsoring a series of nontheatrical films designed to educate and even rehabilitate soldiers and civilians alike.Traumatic Imprintstraces the development of psychiatric and psychotherapeutic approaches to wartime trauma by the United States military, along with links to formal and narrative developments in military and civilian filmmaking. Offering close readings of a series of films alongside analysis of period scholarship in psychiatry and bolstered by research in trauma theory and documentary studies, Noah Tsika argues that trauma was foundational in postwar American culture. Examining wartime and postwar debates about the use of cinema as a vehicle for studying, publicizing, and even what has been termed working through war trauma, this book is an original contribution to scholarship on the military-industrial complex.Trade Review"This book creates a space in which trauma of all kinds can be explored and confronted." * Film Matters *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Documenting the “Residue of Battle” 1. “Imaging the Mind”: Military Psychiatry Meets Documentary Film 2. Solemn Venues: War Trauma and the Expanding Nontheatrical Realm 3. Selling “Psycho Films”: Trauma Cinema and the Military-Industrial Complex 4. Psychodocudramatics: Role-Playing War Trauma from the Hospital to Hollywood 5. “Casualties of the Spirit”: Let There Be Light and Its Contexts Conclusion: Traumatic Returns Notes Select Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisCHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, 2022A cultural history of how white men exploited the image of the Vietnam veteran to roll back civil rights and restake their claim on the nation If war among the whites brought peace and liberty to the blacks, Frederick Douglass asked in 1875, peering into the nation's future, what will peace among the whites bring? The answer then and now, after civil war and civil rights: a white reunion disguised as a veterans' reunion. How White Men Won the Culture Wars shows how a broad contingent of white menconservative and liberal, hawk and dove, vet and nonvettransformed the Vietnam War into a staging ground for a postcivil rights white racial reconciliation. Conservatives could celebrate white vets as raceless embodiments of the nation. Liberals could treat them as minoritized heroes whose voices must be heard. Erasing Americans of color, Southeast Asians, and women from the war, white men with stories of vets on their mind could agree, after civil righTrade Review“Original and persuasive. . . . A wide-ranging and provocative tour through the post-Vietnam cultural and political scene.” * The New Republic *"Simultaneously uplifting and disconcerting, How White Men Won the Culture Wars is recommended for all readers interested in US history, particularly those interested in looking at contemporary commonalities but more specifically the ways race has been used in culture wars. There simply is not another book quite like this, making Darda’s work groundbreaking." * CHOICE *"How White Men Won the Culture Wars identifies a meta-phenomenon evocative of the existential precipice faced by Germany after its loss of the First World War, which is among the unsettling takeaways from this unique contribution to studies of American political culture." * Peace & Change: A Journal of Peace Research *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Thin White Line 1. Post-Traumatic Whiteness 2. Veteran American Literature 3. Whiteness on the Edge of Town 4. The Ethnicization of Veteran America 5. Like a Refugee Epilogue: Veteran America First Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book is a call to action to address the sometimes difficult transition many soldiers face when returning to civilian life. It explores the development, performance, and reception of Contact!Unload, a play that brings to life the personal stories of veterans returning from deployment overseas.The play presents an arts-based therapeutic approach to dealing with trauma. Researchers in theatre and group counselling collaborated with military veterans through a series of workshops to create and perform the work. Based on the lives of military veterans, it depicts ways of overcoming stress injuries encountered during service. The book, which includes the full script of the play, offers academic, artistic, personal, and theoretical perspectives from people directly involved in the performances of Contact!Unload as well as those who witnessed the work as audience members. The play and book serve as a model for using arts-based approaches to mental health care aTable of ContentsIntroduction / Graham W. Lea and George BelliveauPart 1: Researching, Developing, and Creating1 Staging War: Historical Contexts of Theatre and Social Health Initiatives with Veterans / Michael Balfour2 Contact!Unload: The Cauldron / Chuck MacKinnon3 Facilitating Therapeutic Change through Theatre Performance / Alistair G. Gordon, Marv Westwood, and Carson A. Kivari4 A Soldier’s Tale: “Nobody Understood What I’d Done” / Britney Dennison5 Listening through Stories: Insights into Writing Contact!Unload / Graham W. Lea6 Suicides to Sydney / Foster Eastman7 Coming Home / Tim Laidler8 Reconnaissance and Reclamation: Learning to Talk about the War / Anna Keefe9 Impact on Veteran Performers / George Belliveau, Blair McLean, and Christopher Cook10 Holding on to the Script / Phillip LoprestiContact!Unload: Annotated Playscript Part 2: Performing, Witnessing, and Evaluating11 Finding My Truth / Timothy Garthside12 Unpacking Contact!Unload Using Relational-Cultural Theory / Candace Marshall with Graham W. Lea13 Contact!Unload Revisited: Degrees of Separation / Lynn Fels14 Remembering / Carl Leggo15 A Poet(h)ic Reflection on Contact!Unload: Voices of Women Through War/ Heather Duff16 Soldiers Lead the Way in the Fight for Mental Health among Men / John S. Ogrodniczuk17 Audience Experience of Vicarious Witnessing in Performing War / Marion Porath, Marla Buchanan, and Elizabeth Banister18 Understanding the Impacts of Contact!Unload on Audiences / Jennica Nichols, Susan M. Cox, and George Belliveau19 Vulnerable Strength Seen / JS Valdez and Jennica NicholsConclusion / George Belliveau and Graham W. LeaContributors; Index

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Book SynopsisEssays in this collection approach Civil War veterans from oblique angles, including theatre, political, and disability history, as well as borderlands and memory studies. Contributors examine the lives of Union and Confederate veterans, African American veterans, former prisoners of war, amputees, and ex-guerrilla fighters.Trade ReviewThe War Went On: Reconsidering the Lives of Civil War Veterans both encapsulates and extends the recent outpouring of work on Civil War veterans. The veterans analyzed from several creative angles engage in politics, recall their prison experience, build memorial halls, and seek pensions. But they also defend the honor of their service, go to live in veterans' homes, and even seek pensions despite being deserters. This rich collection of essays offers a wide range of veterans' voices, tackles knotty questions about their experiences, and provides direction for future work. The War Went On is a valuable and timely collection, reminding us that Civil War veterans, like all veterans, were not a monolithic group. Their postwar lives were often messy and complicated, and not uniformly defined by their war experience. Readers will further gain an excellent sense of current debates over the Civil War's lasting and significant legacy. Jordan and Rothera's magnificent collection sets a new standard in Civil War studies. Concise, deeply researched, and well written, this volume captures the incredibly diverse homecomings of those who survived America's greatest cataclysm. While each essay makes an invaluable individual contribution to the field, collectively they reflect the absolute best of current scholarship on this important issue.

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Book SynopsisFocuses on the traumatized German war veteran. This work traces how some of the most vulnerable members of society, marginalized and persecuted as 'enemies of the nation,' attempted to regain authority over their own minds and reclaim the authentic memory of the Great War.Trade ReviewTheir story [...] richly deserves the nuanced and balanced reading that Crouthamel provides. Thomas J. Saunders, German Studies Review 35/2 * German Studies Review 35/2 *Table of Contents Contents Acknowledgements Introdcution 1 Healing the Nation's Nerves: Imperial Germany at War 2 The War Neurotics Return Home: Psychologically Disabled Veterans and Post-War Society, 1918-1920 3 Neurosis and the Welfare State: The Rise and Fall of the National Pension Law of 1920 4 'The Class Struggle Pyschosis': Working-Class Politics and Psychological Trauma 5 National Socialism and its Discontenst: War Neurosis and Memory under Hitler 6 Nazi Germany's Hidden Psychopaths: Case Studies of Mentally Disabled Veterans in the Third Reich Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisCalled to Serve Over the past several years, veteran enrollment in universities, community colleges, and vocational programs has increased dramatically. Called to Serve offers academics and administrators a handbook highlighting the most current research, program initiatives, and recommendations for creating policies and services that can help student veterans and service members succeed, including: Strategies for organizing and staffing services for veterans and service members Suggestions for creating institutional infrastructures and policies related to enrollment, transfer, and degree completion Frameworks for working with service members with physical, emotional, and learning disabilities Praise for Called to Serve An excellent resource tool for key university leadership who desire to support the success of incoming and current student veterans. Renee T. Finnegan, colonel (retired), exeTrade Review“Whether readers are seeking simply to better understand the growing veteran population, identify ‘quick win’ opportunities to improve veteran-directed services using existing resources, or planning larger efforts to mobilize people and programs across the institution to support veterans, Called to Serve will provide them the direction they need to begin as well as helpful tools to guide them on an ongoing basis.” —Brian Bialkowski for Higher Ed JobsTable of ContentsPreface: Setting the Context xi About the Editors xix About the Contributors xxi 1 The Military and Higher Education in the United States 1 Dexter Alexander and John R. Thelin 2 Contemporary Political and Legislative Frameworks for Serving Veterans and Service Members 20 Sally Caspers and Robert Ackerman Vignette 39 Joshua Lang 3 Activations, Deployments, and Returns 41 Wade G. Livingston and Mark C. Bauman Vignette 69 Nina Duong 4 Contemporary Student Veterans and Service Members: Enrollment Patterns and Student Engagement 71 Danielle M. DeSawal Vignette 87 Sally Caspers 5 The Complexity of Veteran Identity: Understanding the Role of Gender, Race and Sexuality 89 Susan V. Iverson and Rachel Anderson Vignette 114 Annie Rose Badder 6 Understanding Disability in the Student Veteran Community 116 Amanda Kraus and Nicholas A. Rattray Vignette 138 Amanda Irish 7 Enrollment, Transfers, and Degree Completion for Veterans 140 John D. Mikelson and Kevin P. Saunders Vignette 165 Jonathan Miller 8 Offices of Veterans and Military Services 167 Stephen G. Abel, Robert J. Bright, and R. M. Cooper Vignette 198 Kathy Meyers 9 Focused Learning Environments for Student Veterans 201 Sarah Minnis, Stephanie Bondi, and Corey B. Rumann Vignette 219 Paul F. Tschudi 10 Student Veterans Organizations and Student Self-Advocacy 221 Brian A. Hawthorne, Mark C. Bauman, and Leah Ewing Ross Vignette 253 Joseph R. Sorge 11 Institutional Leadership on Serving Student Veterans and Service Members 255 Tom Jackson Jr., Charles J. Fey, and Leah Ewing Ross Vignette 276 Nicholas J. Osborne 12 Promoting Organizational Change to Create a Veteran-Friendly Campus: A Case Study 278 Jan Arminio and Tomoko Kudo Grabosky Conclusion: Looking Back, Moving Forward 301 Corey B. Rumann and Florence A. Hamrick Glossary 307 Appendix: Military Ranks 312 Name Index 315 Subject Index 319 To the memory of Timmons Hicks Hamrick, Jr. (Radioman Second Class, U.S. Navy, 1943–1946). To Anthony Vitale (Private First Class, U.S. Army, 1951–1953). To those who are called to serve. F.A.H. To my father, Larry R. Rumann, and to the memory of Harland P. Topping and Cyril L. Rumann. Thank you for your service to our country. C.B.R.

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Book SynopsisWell written and accessible, Allison's book provides a clear narrative of this historic moment and offers suggestions for how to come to terms with its aftermath.Trade ReviewThis will not only help students remember and understand the event, but also put it in context and see how far the military has come in its discipline and wartime preparation. -- Kevin Braam H-War, H-Net Reviews Allison delivers a tightly drawn rendering of the events preceding, actual incidents involving, and resolution concerning the My Lai massacre that beset a South Vietnamese village during spring 1968. Choice Allison provides a detailed and highly useful narrative of all the complexities involved in this story of one of the darkest days in the history of the U.S. Army. My Lai: An American Atrocity in the Vietnam War is strongly recommended for anyone interested in the Vietnam War, particularly serving officers. -- Lt. Col. James H. Willbanks Military ReviewTable of ContentsPrologue1. Charlie Company and Vietnam2. March 16, 19683. Aftermath4. Discovery5. Trial6. ResponsibilityEpilogueAcknowledgmentsChronologyNoteSuggested Further ReadingIndex

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Book SynopsisThe assumptions that military service helps candidates attract voteswhile lacking it harms a candidate's chanceshas been an article of faith since the electoral coronation of George Washington in 1789. Perhaps the most compelling fact driving the perception that military service helps win votes is the large number of veterans who have held public office. Some candidates even exaggerate their military service to persuade voters. However, sufficient counter-examples undermine the idea that military veterans enjoy an advantage when seeking political office. In Why Veterans Run, Jeremy Teigenexplains the tendency of parties to elevate those with armed forces experience to run for high office. He describes the veteran candidate phenomenon by examining the related factors and patterns, showing why different eras have more former generals running and why the number of veterans in election cycles varies. With both quantitative and qualitative analysis, Why Veterans Run investigates each postTrade Review"Teigen gives us, in blessedly jargon-free prose, a much needed taxonomy of military veterans in presidential election politics. He tells us when they run, how they run, and what happens when they do. He gives us clarifying charts and graphs; a straightforward roadmap which he faithfully follows; case studies; and a wealth of well-researched insights that will illuminate and enlarge the knowledge of academic, veteran, and layperson alike. He shows how veterans have always responded to larger social and political currents, and how underneath it all, veteran identity is entwined with a perceived patriotic identity thanks to the inseparable role the military played in the formation of the American nation."--American Interest

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Book SynopsisThe assumptions that military service helps candidates attract voteswhile lacking it harms a candidate's chanceshas been an article of faith since the electoral coronation of George Washington in 1789. Perhaps the most compelling fact driving the perception that military service helps win votes is the large number of veterans who have held public office. Some candidates even exaggerate their military service to persuade voters. However, sufficient counter-examples undermine the idea that military veterans enjoy an advantage when seeking political office. In Why Veterans Run, Jeremy Teigenexplains the tendency of parties to elevate those with armed forces experience to run for high office. He describes the veteran candidate phenomenon by examining the related factors and patterns, showing why different eras have more former generals running and why the number of veterans in election cycles varies. With both quantitative and qualitative analysis, Why Veterans Run investigates each postTrade Review"Teigen gives us, in blessedly jargon-free prose, a much needed taxonomy of military veterans in presidential election politics. He tells us when they run, how they run, and what happens when they do. He gives us clarifying charts and graphs; a straightforward roadmap which he faithfully follows; case studies; and a wealth of well-researched insights that will illuminate and enlarge the knowledge of academic, veteran, and layperson alike. He shows how veterans have always responded to larger social and political currents, and how underneath it all, veteran identity is entwined with a perceived patriotic identity thanks to the inseparable role the military played in the formation of the American nation."--American Interest

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Book SynopsisIn Our Veterans, Suzanne Gordon, Steve Early, and Jasper Craven explore the physical, emotional, social, economic, and psychological impact of military service and the problems that veterans face when they return to civilian life.Trade Review"This chilling account explores the physical, economic and psychological consequences of military service on veteran health and takes a critical look at the many players involved in shaping veteran life in the United States." * New York Times *"This little book is jam-packed with information that is not only fascinating, it promises to be incredibly helpful to any vet who will take the time to read it. . . Every veteran involved with the VA will find that Our Veterans is a reference book they can access as an unprecedented toolbox full of information that will come in handy in every confrontation with the Department of Veterans Affairs." -- John Ketwig * The Veteran *"The civilian community is largely unaware of the harm to all caused by the specialized problems facing our current veterans, and the growing drive to privatize the VA. Nor is it aware of the rising movement against this trend. Anyone having concerns about these issues will find Our Veterans to be an essential source of information. It provides a thorough, well-written analysis of the situation, and the direction we need to take in response." -- Ronald Citkowski * Against the Current *"The strength of this book is its honesty about the whole field of military service and its effects on those who survive it; as well as, those who don’t. The authors demonstrate through this, and previous activities, their concerns for the well-being of those who have served. Their writing is straight-forward, clear, and honest." -- Kim Scipes * Stansbury Forum *"As Suzanne Gordon, Steve Early and Jasper Craven make clear in their new book, Our Veterans, thinking about veterans as a monolithic group with the same experiences, same outlook and same needs is wrong. The extensively researched and sourced Our Veterans sets out to explain why." -- Janis Hashe * East Bay Express *"The authors of Our Veterans have taken a deep dive into a large and little understood corner of the social safety net. Their detailed depiction of how the forces of neoliberalization interact with the unique history, culture, and politics of this sector is an important contribution to our understanding of how working people are affected by these forces in all aspects of their lives." -- Mark Dudzic * New Labor Forum *"The authors bring extensive research, a strong progressive analysis, and powerful advocacy to this expansive review of veterans’ issues. . . . Our Veterans illustrates the dangerous impact of the U.S.’s massive military on many service members. It also shines a light on the many ways in which corporate greed and privatization are encroaching on our public resources, including the resources to robustly support our veterans when they come home." * New Politics *"An important addition to the literature about American veterans in the forever-war era. ... I recommend it to anyone who wants to understand the complicated and interconnected world of veteran policies, politics, and processes, then work to make them better." -- Jim Craig * Journal of Military History *Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations ix Preface xiii Authors' Note and Acknowledgments xvii Introduction: Friendly Fire 1 1. A Toxic Workplace 27 2. Life and Work after the Military 57 3. Stolen Valor 85 4. Last Stand of the Legion Post? 108 5. The New VSOs 134 6. A VA Healthcare Struggle 155 7. Playing the Veteran Card 176 8. Veterans and the 2020 Election 199 Conclusion: Rethinking Veterans Affairs 222 Notes 253 Selected Bibliography 311 Index 317

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Book SynopsisIn Our Veterans, Suzanne Gordon, Steve Early, and Jasper Craven explore the physical, emotional, social, economic, and psychological impact of military service and the problems that veterans face when they return to civilian life.Trade Review"This chilling account explores the physical, economic and psychological consequences of military service on veteran health and takes a critical look at the many players involved in shaping veteran life in the United States." * New York Times *"This little book is jam-packed with information that is not only fascinating, it promises to be incredibly helpful to any vet who will take the time to read it. . . Every veteran involved with the VA will find that Our Veterans is a reference book they can access as an unprecedented toolbox full of information that will come in handy in every confrontation with the Department of Veterans Affairs." -- John Ketwig * The Veteran *"The civilian community is largely unaware of the harm to all caused by the specialized problems facing our current veterans, and the growing drive to privatize the VA. Nor is it aware of the rising movement against this trend. Anyone having concerns about these issues will find Our Veterans to be an essential source of information. It provides a thorough, well-written analysis of the situation, and the direction we need to take in response." -- Ronald Citkowski * Against the Current *"The strength of this book is its honesty about the whole field of military service and its effects on those who survive it; as well as, those who don’t. The authors demonstrate through this, and previous activities, their concerns for the well-being of those who have served. Their writing is straight-forward, clear, and honest." -- Kim Scipes * Stansbury Forum *"As Suzanne Gordon, Steve Early and Jasper Craven make clear in their new book, Our Veterans, thinking about veterans as a monolithic group with the same experiences, same outlook and same needs is wrong. The extensively researched and sourced Our Veterans sets out to explain why." -- Janis Hashe * East Bay Express *"The authors of Our Veterans have taken a deep dive into a large and little understood corner of the social safety net. Their detailed depiction of how the forces of neoliberalization interact with the unique history, culture, and politics of this sector is an important contribution to our understanding of how working people are affected by these forces in all aspects of their lives." -- Mark Dudzic * New Labor Forum *"The authors bring extensive research, a strong progressive analysis, and powerful advocacy to this expansive review of veterans’ issues. . . . Our Veterans illustrates the dangerous impact of the U.S.’s massive military on many service members. It also shines a light on the many ways in which corporate greed and privatization are encroaching on our public resources, including the resources to robustly support our veterans when they come home." * New Politics *"An important addition to the literature about American veterans in the forever-war era. ... I recommend it to anyone who wants to understand the complicated and interconnected world of veteran policies, politics, and processes, then work to make them better." -- Jim Craig * Journal of Military History *Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations ix Preface xiii Authors' Note and Acknowledgments xvii Introduction: Friendly Fire 1 1. A Toxic Workplace 27 2. Life and Work after the Military 57 3. Stolen Valor 85 4. Last Stand of the Legion Post? 108 5. The New VSOs 134 6. A VA Healthcare Struggle 155 7. Playing the Veteran Card 176 8. Veterans and the 2020 Election 199 Conclusion: Rethinking Veterans Affairs 222 Notes 253 Selected Bibliography 311 Index 317

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Book SynopsisLargely overshadowed by World War II's greatest generation and the more vocal veterans of the Vietnam era, Korean War veterans remain relatively invisible in the narratives of both war and its aftermath. This book deals with this war.Trade Review"[I]t is an excellent piece of work that tells an important story. Pash's book is a narrative history. She tells the story of the men and women who sacrificed for the greater good in Korea, while the rest of the Americans went about their everyday lives, and when the war was over quickly forgot about those who served. She tells the story of what citizenship used to mean in America." -- Adrian R. Lewis * Register of the Kentucky Historical Society *"I highly recommend this book to those interested in the soldiers' experience and to the general reader who might wish to learn about the harsh war that their parents or grandparents experienced.-," -- Peter S. Kindsvatter * American Historical Review *"This book is the best, but also about the first, comprehensive study of American veterans of the Korean War. It is deeply researched in primary sources . . . Clear and concise writing, sharp exposition, and keen sensitivity to issues of race, gender and class will make this book useful in the classroom." -- Bruce Cummings * The Journal of American History *"No one ever referred to our Korean War soldiers as part of the Greatest Generation; yet, their war began just five years after V-J Day, and more than 36,000 of them died in service to their country. These were truly forgotten combatants of a forgotten war, but Melinda Pash has done a brilliant job of recounting the experiences of these ordinary men and women who spent three years fighting and dying on a peninsula that most Americans could not locate on a world map and soon forgot." -- Lewis H. Carlson,author of Remembered Prisoners of a Forgotten War"Through obviously superb scholarship and imaginative analysis Melinda Pash has managed to capture the essential essence of that largely unheralded generation that fought the Korean War." -- Paul M. Edwards, Executive Director, The Center for the Study of the Korean War"Through prodigious research in archives and oral histories, Melinda Pash has given voice to the American veterans of the Korean War, men and women she calls the 'silent generation' of the 'forgotten war.' Her absorbing narrative and analytical account is filled with fascinating details about their growing up in the shadow of the World War Two Generation, their hasty mobilization and training, and tortuous combat against North Korean and Chinese forces, as well as the disappointing neglect most of them confronted upon their return home. In highly readable, flowing prose, Pash provides the authentic voices of the veterans as they recall and apprize their experiences, and with masterly skill, she imbeds their stories within historical scholarship on the Korean War and current understanding of the physical and emotional impact of war upon those who fight it." -- John Whiteclay Chambers II,editor-in-chief, The Oxford Companion to American Military History"The book is recommended to anyone who seeks further information on Korea and the lot of the American soldier. Thanks to Pash, Korean War veterans have finally been given a long-delayed acknowledgement for their sacrifices." * H-Net *"[Melinda Pash] presents fine descriptive analysis that's especially strong when discussing veterans' experiences during and after the war. Recommended for those with an interest in the war and its human dimensions, or for those new to the subject." * Library Journal *"Pashs focus on the individuals on the ground is illuminating; she is particularly effective at highlighting the important role of women in the war, as well as the successful battlefield-driven process of racial integration." * Publishers Weekly *"Dr. Pash delves deeply into the background and experiences of the Americans men and women who served during the Korean War, a much neglected subject[This book] is an essential read for those interested specifically in the Korean War or generally in how the nation goes to war." * New York Military Affairs Review *"[P]rovides a wealth of source material for future historians." * Kirkus Reviews *Table of Contents1. Timing Is Everything2. Mustering In3. You're in the Army (or Navy, Marines, or Air Force) Now!4. In Country in Korea: A War Like Any Other?5. Behind Enemy Lines6. Our Fight? Gender, Race, and the War Zone7. Coming Home8. More Than Ever a Veteran

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Book SynopsisU.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 countryone 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.Trade ReviewImportant and timely. * BeyondChron *A terrific book, and I would recommend that every veteran depending upon the VA for his or her healthcare buy it. * The Veteran *Important and timely. * CounterPunch *This book offers a unique approach to an important topic and is an essential addition for institutions with programs in medicine and other health-affiliated fields (health administration, social work, etc.), public policy and administration, political science, or for any public library serving veteran and/or military populations. * Choice *For better or worse, the course of VA health care now depends on a citizenry and health policy community that possesses little firsthand experience with its services or achievements. Wounds of War is a tremendous starting point for those interested in understanding the importance of getting these decisions right. * Washington Monthly *A compelling account of the many strengths of the Veterans Healthcare System.... Gordon documents these strengths with informative statistics as well as compelling narratives of innovative programs, commendable teamwork and exemplary clinical providers.... A valued view of a system which, even with its flaws, still has remarkable strengths to offer soldiers when their service to our nation is completed. * The Pharos *Wounds of War is a valuable resource for veterans' rights advocates as well as everyone concerned with the struggle for Medicare for all. * Against the Current *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction: What Kind of Care for Veterans? 1. Promises Broken and Kept: A Short History of the VHA 2. Those Who Have Borne the Battle: The VHA's Patient Population Profile—What It Means to Be a VA Volunteer 3. Primary Care the Way It Should Be 4. Healing Minds and Bodies: Integrated Mental Health Care and Primary Care 5. Dealing with a World of Hurt: VHA Treatment of Chronic Pain 6. When Wounded Warriors Are Women: Caring for Female Veterans 7. Mental Health the Way It Should Be 8. Unpacking PTSD: From Diagnosis to Effective Treatment Profi le—Karen Parko: A Special Kind of Professional Development at the VA 9. Returning to Civilian Life: Veterans on Campus 10. Suicide Prevention: VHA Programs That Save Lives 11. Overcoming Disability: VA Rehabilitation Services Profile—Mark Smith: No Ordinary Bike Shop 12. Transcending Trauma: The Martinez Cognitive Rehabilitation Program 13. Off the Streets: Reducing Veteran Homelessness 14. Alternatives to Jail: Veterans' Justice Programs Profile—Cops and Vets: The Memphis Crisis Intervention Model 15. Specializing in Elder Care: The VA and Geriatrics 16. Knocking on Heaven's Door: The VA and End-of-Life Care 17. Better Care Where? The VHA Compared to the Private Sector Conclusion: A System Worth Saving—and Making Even Better Epilogue: Thank You for Your Service? Notes Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisThe United States Military Academy at WestPoint is one of America’s oldest and most reveredinstitutions. Founded in 1802, its first and onlymission is to prepare young men—and, since1976, young women—to be leaders of characterfor service as commissioned officers in the UnitedStates Army.Carved from Granite is the story of how West Pointgoes about producing military leaders of character.As scholar and Academy graduate Lance Betrosshows, West Point’s early history is interestingand colorful, but its history since then is far morerelevant to the issues—and problems—that face theAcademy today.Betros describes and assesses how well West Point hasaccomplished its mission— not hesitating to exposeproblems and challenge long-held assumptions.Here is the most authoritative history of the modernUnited States Military Academy written to date.

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Book SynopsisContemporary veterans belong to an exclusive American group. Celebrated by most of the country, they are nevertheless often poorly understood by the same people who applaud their service. Following the introduction of an all-volunteer force after the war in Vietnam, only a tiny fraction of Americans now join the armed services, making the contemporary soldier, and the veteran by extension, increasingly less representative of mainstream society. Veterans have come to comprise their own distinct tribe—modern praetorians, permanently set apart from society by what they have seen and experienced.In an engrossing narrative that considers the military, economic, political, and social developments affecting military service after Vietnam, Michael D. Gambone investigates how successive generations have intentionally shaped their identity as veterans. The New Praetorians also highlights the impact of their homecoming, the range of educational opportunities open to veterans, the health care challenges they face, and the unique experiences of minority and women veterans. This groundbreaking study illustrates an important and often neglected group that is key to our understanding of American social history and civil-military affairs.

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Book SynopsisContemporary veterans belong to an exclusive American group. Celebrated by most of the country, they are nevertheless often poorly understood by the same people who applaud their service. Following the introduction of an all-volunteer force after the war in Vietnam, only a tiny fraction of Americans now join the armed services, making the contemporary soldier, and the veteran by extension, increasingly less representative of mainstream society. Veterans have come to comprise their own distinct tribe—modern praetorians, permanently set apart from society by what they have seen and experienced.In an engrossing narrative that considers the military, economic, political, and social developments affecting military service after Vietnam, Michael D. Gambone investigates how successive generations have intentionally shaped their identity as veterans. The New Praetorians also highlights the impact of their homecoming, the range of educational opportunities open to veterans, the health care challenges they face, and the unique experiences of minority and women veterans. This groundbreaking study illustrates an important and often neglected group that is key to our understanding of American social history and civil-military affairs.

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Book SynopsisTrust in media and political institutions is at an all-time low in America, yet veterans enjoy an unmatched level of credibility and moral authority. Their war stories have become crucial testimony about the nation's leadership, foreign policies, and wars. Veterans' memoirs are not simply self-revelatory personal chronicles but contributions to political culture—to the stories circulated and incorporated into national myths and memories. American War Stories centers on an extensive selection of memoirs written by veterans of the Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan conflicts—including Brian Turner's My Life as a Foreign Country, Marcus Luttrell's Lone Survivor, and Camilo Mejia's Road from ar Ramadi—to explore the complex relationship between memory and politics in the context of postmodern war. Placing veterans' stories in conversation with broader cultural and political discourses, Myra Mendible analyzes the volatile mix of agendas, identities, and issues informing veteran-writers' narrative choices to argue that their work plays an important, though underexamined, political function in how Americans remember and judge their wars.

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Book SynopsisWartime military service is held up as a marker of civic duty and patriotism, yet the rewards of veteran status have never been equally distributed. Certain groups of military veterans—women, people of color, LGBTQ people, and former service members with stigmatizing conditions, "bad paper" discharges, or criminal records—have been left out of official histories, excised from national consciousness, and denied state recognition and military benefits.Chronicling the untold stories of marginalized veterans in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Service Denied uncovers the generational divides, cultural stigmas, and discriminatory policies that affected veterans during and after their military service. Together, the chapters in this collection recast veterans beyond the archetype, inspiring an innovative model for veterans studies that encourages an intersectional and interdisciplinary analysis of veterans history. In addition to contributions from the volume editors, this collection features scholarship by Barbara Gannon, Robert Jefferson, Evan P. Sullivan, Steven Rosales, Heather Marie Stur, Juan Coronado, Kara Dixon Vuic, John Worsencroft, and David Kieran.

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Book SynopsisThe United States has both the largest, most expensive, and most powerful military and the largest, most expensive, and most punitive carceral system in the history of the world. Since the American War in Vietnam, the number of veterans who have been incarcerated after their military service has steadily increased, with over 100,000 veterans in prison today. Identifying the previously unrecognized connections between American wars and mass incarceration, Prisoners after War reaches across lines of race, class, and gender to record the untold history of incarcerated veterans over the past six decades. Having conducted dozens of oral history interviews, Jason A. Higgins traces the lifelong effects of war, inequality, disability, and mental illness, and explores why hundreds of thousands of veterans, from Vietnam to Afghanistan, were caught up in the carceral system. This original study tells an intergenerational history of state-sanctioned violence, punishment, and inequality, but its pages also resonate with stories of survival and redemption, revealing future possibilities for reform and reparative justice.Trade ReviewPrisoners after War is on the cutting edge. It will appeal to a wide array of readers, including scholars of carceral and military history, social scientists interested in the intersections of veterans’ service and reentry, and crucially, general audiences curious about the lived experiences of criminalization and incarceration." - Melanie D. Newport, author of This is My Jail: Local Politics and the Rise and Mass Incarceration

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Book SynopsisWINNER: Independent Press Awards 2021 - Career Figuring out your next move after transitioning out of the military should start before your last day. Prepare yourself emotionally and professionally to put those hard-earned skills in context of the civilian world. The transition from military to civilian life is more than just a title change; it is a whole new life experience with the sense of excitement and possibility that accompany a transition. Whether you're preparing to retire or separate, Success After Service is written to help all veterans succeed in the civilian workplace. Success After Service provides the tools, resources and strategies to help you adapt to the civilian workplace and evaluate post-military career options. Whether you become an entrepreneur, move into the corporate world or pursue higher education, you will learn how to develop a portfolio of career assets, including your résumé, elevator pitch, online profiles, interview acumen and professional network, empowering you to begin your new career with confidence and clarity. Success After Service is the perfect guide for transitioning military and veterans who seek a coherent set of strategies, resources and steps for building a meaningful, deliberate and rewarding post-military career.Trade Review"The most comprehensive and effective resource for those separating from the military and veterans diving into the civilian job market for the first time." * Sarah Blansett, Retired Navy Commander and Director of Operations and Strategic Partnerships, Military.Com *"If you are wondering if you've thought everything through as you transition from military service to the civilian world, then start with this book and wonder no more." * Jared Lyon, MPA, President and CEO, Student Veterans of America *"Lida Citroën has done it again! Success After Service is a must-read for anyone transitioning from a military to a civilian career. Packed with expert advice, unbeatable tools, and exercises that will develop your "career search" muscles and enable you to flex those muscles in your new role. Lida provides everything you'll need to create and execute your personal plan for success." * Morag Barrett, Author, Speaker, CEO of SkyeTeam *"In Success After Service, Lida makes it her personal mission to ensure that transitioning military personnel are well equipped with the tools, resources and mindset required for the leap from military to civilian life. Even better, as you transition, this book provides guidance on the steps and considerations necessary to becoming a valuable resource whether you decide to become an entrepreneur, student or employee." * Ron Burke, Sr. Project Manager, Abbott Laboratories, Diagnostics Division *"Lida has provided an essential guidebook for those making the transition from the military. She has compiled an invaluable resource that poses all the right questions, provides valuable exercises, offers very practical advice and includes insights from those who successfully navigated their own transition. Success After Service should be the go-to guide for those taking off their military uniform and looking for their next mission post service. I have long believed that given the incomparable training and experience of those who have served our country, if we share with them the rules of the post-service game, they will undoubtedly out play the rest of us every time. Lida just gave them the rule book." * Maureen Casey, Chief Operating Officer, Institute for Veterans and Military Families, Syracuse University *"Ask any veteran and they'll tell you that they wish they'd had a single transition resource which pulled together a clear and empowering step-by-step roadmap to a rewarding post-military life. Now there is! Success After Service is packed with cases studies, examples and stories from various veteran experiences, and offers practical, inspiring and realistic systems and tools the reader can use to build and grow a successful career after the military. As a veteran myself, I wish I had this resource available to me during my transition. It would have made my life a lot easier!" * Mike Figliuolo, Managing Director, thoughtLEADERS, LLC and author of One Piece of Paper, Lead Inside the Box, and The Elegant Pitch *"Transitioning from the military into the civilian world is often challenging for our service members, but in times of economic uncertainty, the transition is considerably more difficult and requires a greater number of resources. Lida Citroën's book is more important today than ever before." * Sidney E. Goodfriend, Founder and Chairman, American Corporate Partners *"Lida Citroën has quickly become the go-to authority for personal branding and career transition. Her book is a must-read for anyone transitioning from military to civilian life. She is incredibly skilled at taking a normally complex time of life and breaking it down into chunks that are navigable and easy to win." * Myron Pincomb, CEO and Board Chairman, International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards *"Every transitioning service member should add these strategies to their toolkit. After getting off active duty, it took me eight years and four jobs before I was able to find a career path. This book would have helped me find my direction much earlier in my civilian career. Higher education is much more than earning a degree. For a veteran, it is an opportunity to practice skills needed to be a successful civilian. The strategies presented by Lida provide a practical pathway to examine and guide your personal transition. The change from military service to veteran can be difficult. Lida provides a practical pathway to examine and guide your transition in order to help you eliminate or more easily overcome challenges." * Mr. Jamie Richards, Director, Veterans Success Center, Purdue University *"Lida has captured the civilian model of task and purpose in a quintessential toolkit that will resonate with all ranks as they navigate the rough seas of transition." * James Rodriguez, Former Deputy, Assistant Secretary of Defense, The Office of Warrior Care Policy *"Success After Service should be in the hands of every transitioning servicemember! Lida Citroën offers a comprehensive guide to military transition fundamentals and advanced strategies to live your best post-service life!" * Cory Boatwright, Manager, Military and Veteran Recruiting Programs, LinkedIn *"This is a must-read for any transitioning servicemember as well as for any ally of the veteran community that wants to understand the many challenges veterans face as they enter corporate America." * Rob Barea, Director, Inclusion and Diversity, KPMG *Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction; Chapter - 01: Fundamentals of Career Readiness; Chapter - 02: What to Do Before You Separate/Retire; Chapter - 03: Evaluating the Path Forward – Employment, Education, or Entrepreneurship; Chapter - 04: Building Your Personal Brand; Chapter - 05: Career-Ready Tools to Gather – Resume and Cover Letter; Chapter - 06: Getting Yourself Out There – Crafting Your Narrative and Networking in Person; Chapter - 07: Getting Yourself Out There – Networking Online; Chapter - 08: Finding Mentors, Apprenticeships, and Internships; Chapter - 09: Researching, Applying, and Interviewing for a Job; Chapter - 10: Choosing and Beginning Your Career, Education, and Business Venture; Chapter - 11: Growing Your Career in the First Three Years; Chapter - 12: Growing Your Career and Knowing When to Move On

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Book SynopsisWINNER: Independent Press Awards 2021 - Career Figuring out your next move after transitioning out of the military should start before your last day. Prepare yourself emotionally and professionally to put those hard-earned skills in context of the civilian world. The transition from military to civilian life is more than just a title change; it is a whole new life experience with the sense of excitement and possibility that accompany a transition. Whether you're preparing to retire or separate, Success After Service is written to help all veterans succeed in the civilian workplace. Success After Service provides the tools, resources and strategies to help you adapt to the civilian workplace and evaluate post-military career options. Whether you become an entrepreneur, move into the corporate world or pursue higher education, you will learn how to develop a portfolio of career assets, including your résumé, elevator pitch, online profiles, interview acumen and professional network, empowering you to begin your new career with confidence and clarity. Success After Service is the perfect guide for transitioning military and veterans who seek a coherent set of strategies, resources and steps for building a meaningful, deliberate and rewarding post-military career.Trade Review"The most comprehensive and effective resource for those separating from the military and veterans diving into the civilian job market for the first time." * Sarah Blansett, Retired Navy Commander and Director of Operations and Strategic Partnerships, Military.Com *"If you are wondering if you've thought everything through as you transition from military service to the civilian world, then start with this book and wonder no more." * Jared Lyon, MPA, President and CEO, Student Veterans of America *"Lida Citroën has done it again! Success After Service is a must-read for anyone transitioning from a military to a civilian career. Packed with expert advice, unbeatable tools, and exercises that will develop your "career search" muscles and enable you to flex those muscles in your new role. Lida provides everything you'll need to create and execute your personal plan for success." * Morag Barrett, Author, Speaker, CEO of SkyeTeam *"In Success After Service, Lida makes it her personal mission to ensure that transitioning military personnel are well equipped with the tools, resources and mindset required for the leap from military to civilian life. Even better, as you transition, this book provides guidance on the steps and considerations necessary to becoming a valuable resource whether you decide to become an entrepreneur, student or employee." * Ron Burke, Sr. Project Manager, Abbott Laboratories, Diagnostics Division *"Lida has provided an essential guidebook for those making the transition from the military. She has compiled an invaluable resource that poses all the right questions, provides valuable exercises, offers very practical advice and includes insights from those who successfully navigated their own transition. Success After Service should be the go-to guide for those taking off their military uniform and looking for their next mission post service. I have long believed that given the incomparable training and experience of those who have served our country, if we share with them the rules of the post-service game, they will undoubtedly out play the rest of us every time. Lida just gave them the rule book." * Maureen Casey, Chief Operating Officer, Institute for Veterans and Military Families, Syracuse University *"Ask any veteran and they'll tell you that they wish they'd had a single transition resource which pulled together a clear and empowering step-by-step roadmap to a rewarding post-military life. Now there is! Success After Service is packed with cases studies, examples and stories from various veteran experiences, and offers practical, inspiring and realistic systems and tools the reader can use to build and grow a successful career after the military. As a veteran myself, I wish I had this resource available to me during my transition. It would have made my life a lot easier!" * Mike Figliuolo, Managing Director, thoughtLEADERS, LLC and author of One Piece of Paper, Lead Inside the Box, and The Elegant Pitch *"Transitioning from the military into the civilian world is often challenging for our service members, but in times of economic uncertainty, the transition is considerably more difficult and requires a greater number of resources. Lida Citroën's book is more important today than ever before." * Sidney E. Goodfriend, Founder and Chairman, American Corporate Partners *"Lida Citroën has quickly become the go-to authority for personal branding and career transition. Her book is a must-read for anyone transitioning from military to civilian life. She is incredibly skilled at taking a normally complex time of life and breaking it down into chunks that are navigable and easy to win." * Myron Pincomb, CEO and Board Chairman, International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards *"Every transitioning service member should add these strategies to their toolkit. After getting off active duty, it took me eight years and four jobs before I was able to find a career path. This book would have helped me find my direction much earlier in my civilian career. Higher education is much more than earning a degree. For a veteran, it is an opportunity to practice skills needed to be a successful civilian. The strategies presented by Lida provide a practical pathway to examine and guide your personal transition. The change from military service to veteran can be difficult. Lida provides a practical pathway to examine and guide your transition in order to help you eliminate or more easily overcome challenges." * Mr. Jamie Richards, Director, Veterans Success Center, Purdue University *"Lida has captured the civilian model of task and purpose in a quintessential toolkit that will resonate with all ranks as they navigate the rough seas of transition." * James Rodriguez, Former Deputy, Assistant Secretary of Defense, The Office of Warrior Care Policy *"Success After Service should be in the hands of every transitioning servicemember! Lida Citroën offers a comprehensive guide to military transition fundamentals and advanced strategies to live your best post-service life!" * Cory Boatwright, Manager, Military and Veteran Recruiting Programs, LinkedIn *"This is a must-read for any transitioning servicemember as well as for any ally of the veteran community that wants to understand the many challenges veterans face as they enter corporate America." * Rob Barea, Director, Inclusion and Diversity, KPMG *Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction; Chapter - 01: Fundamentals of Career Readiness; Chapter - 02: What to Do Before You Separate/Retire; Chapter - 03: Evaluating the Path Forward – Employment, Education, or Entrepreneurship; Chapter - 04: Building Your Personal Brand; Chapter - 05: Career-Ready Tools to Gather – Resume and Cover Letter; Chapter - 06: Getting Yourself Out There – Crafting Your Narrative and Networking in Person; Chapter - 07: Getting Yourself Out There – Networking Online; Chapter - 08: Finding Mentors, Apprenticeships, and Internships; Chapter - 09: Researching, Applying, and Interviewing for a Job; Chapter - 10: Choosing and Beginning Your Career, Education, and Business Venture; Chapter - 11: Growing Your Career in the First Three Years; Chapter - 12: Growing Your Career and Knowing When to Move On

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Book SynopsisA collection which highlights "the range and richness of scholarship on medieval warfare, military institutions, and cultures of conflict that characterize the field". History 95 [2010] The comprehensive breadth and scope of the Journal are to the fore in this issue, which ranges widely both geographically and chronologically. The subjects of analysis are equally diverse, with three contributions dealing with theCrusades, four with matters related to the Hundred Years War, two with high-medieval Italy, one with the Alans in the Byzantine-Catalan conflict of the early fourteenth century, and one with the wars of the Duke of Cephalonia inWestern Greece and Albania at the turn of the fifteenth century. Topics include military careers, tactics and strategy, the organization of urban defenses, close analysis of chronicle sources, and cultural approaches to the acceptance of gunpowder artillery and the prevalence of military "games" in Italian cities. Contributors: T.S. Asbridge, A. Compton Reeves, Kelly DeVries, Michael Ehrlich, Scott Jessee, Donald Kagay, Savvas Kyriakidis, Randall Moffett, Aldo A. Settia, Charles D. Stanton, Georgios Theotokis, L.J. Andrew Villalon, Anatoly Isaenko.Trade ReviewDrawing upon original research the volume delivers in-depth and extensive insights into subjects that are not just of interest to military historians. * HISTORY *An eclectic mix, but a fascinating one. ... The collection has much to recommend it and is...highly readable. * MEDIEVAL WARFARE *Table of ContentsMilitary Games and the Training of the Infantry - Aldo A. Settia The Battle of Civitate: A Plausible Account - Charles D. Stanton The Square 'Fighting March' of the Crusaders at the battle of Ascalon (1099) - Georgios Theotokis How the Crusades could have been won: King Baldwin II of Jerusalem's campaigns against Aleppo (1124-5) and Damascus (1129). - Thomas S Asbridge Saint Catherine's Day Miracle - the Battle of Montgisard - Michael Ehrlich The Military Effectiveness of Alan Mercenaries in Byzantium, 1301 - 1306 - W. Scott Jessee and Anatoly Isaenko Winning and Recalling Honor in Spain: Pro-English Poetry in Celebration of the Battle of Nájera (1367) - Donald Kagay Winning and Recalling Honor in Spain: Pro-English Poetry in Celebration of the Battle of Nájera (1367) - L. J. Andrew Villalon The Wars and the Army of the duke of Cephalonia Carlo I Tocco (ca.1375-1429) - Savvas Kyriakidis Sir John Radcliffe, K.G. (d. 1441): Miles Famossissimus - A Compton Reeves Defense Schemes of Southampton in the Late Medieval Period, 1300-1500 - Randall Moffett French and English Acceptance of Medieval Gunpowder Weaponry - Kelly DeVries

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