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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:The War Comes Home: Washington's Battle Against America's Veteransby Aaron Glantz
Review-a-Day (What is Review-a-Day?)"Throughout The War Comes Home, one glimpses the possibility that all of this has been a mistake, an oversight, something we're catching up with...finally. But for too many it is too late, and there are too many trails leading back to cynical beginnings, such as Bush Undersecretary of Defense David Chu's claim that veteran care is 'hurtful' and '(takes) away from the nation's ability to defend itself.'" Joel Turnipseed, The Virginia Quarterly Review (read the entire Virginia Quarterly Review review) Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:The War Comes Home is the first book to systematically document the U.S. government's neglect of soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Aaron Glantz, who reported extensively from Iraq during the first three years of this war and has been reporting on the plight of veterans ever since, levels a devastating indictment against the Bush administration for its bald neglect of soldiers and its disingenuous reneging on their benefits. Glantz interviewed more than one hundred recent war veterans, and here he intersperses their haunting first-person accounts with investigations into specific concerns, such as the scandal at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. This timely book does more than provide us with a personal connection to those whose service has cost them so dearly. It compels us to confront how America treats its veterans and to consider what kind of nation deifies its soldiers and then casts them off as damaged goods. Review:"This expos of the treatment meted out to American veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan is a breathtaking rebuke to government hypocrisy and an overdue contribution to gaining critical public awareness of this official neglect. Glantz (How America Lost Iraq), who covered the American occupation of Iraq, offers a thorough account of the plight U.S. vets face back home — from the understaffed Veterans Administration perversely geared to saving money at the expense of vets in dire need of help, to concomitant medical and social ills, including undiagnosed brain injuries and the too frequent perils of homelessness, crime and suicide. There is also grassroots resistance and mutual aid, including the eventual passage of the post 9/11 GI Bill of Rights in May 2008, fiercely opposed by the Bush administration and the Republican Congress (including John McCain). Glantz fleshes out his narrative with the voices and powerful stories of vets, their families and advocates, while helpfully including a host of resources and services for veterans. Glantz also places their experience in a longer, dismal history of government neglect, while backing up his assertion that 'the Bush administration has never been seriously interested in helping veterans' with damning evidence." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Review:"A must-read for those who claim to support our troops." Robert G. Gard, Lt. General, U.S. Army (ret.) Review:"Aaron Glantz is one of the truly outstanding young journalists of our times." Bob McChesney, author of Rich Media, Poor Democracy, and founder of Free Press Review:Aaron Glantz is in our face on the military treatment facilities, the VA, and civilian society at large." Jonathan Shay, MD, PhD, author of Achilles in Vietnam and Odysseus in America. MacArthur Fellow About the AuthorAaron Glantz, an independent journalist whose work has appeared in the Nation and the Progressive and on Democracy Now!, is the author of How America Lost Iraq. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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