Over Here: How the G.I. Bill Transformed the American Dream
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品牌: Edward Humes
基本信息出版社:Harcourt; 1 (2006年9月26日)精装:320页正文语种:英语ISBN:0151007101条形码:9780151007103商品尺寸:22.9 x 15.7 x 3.3 cm商品重量:5 g品牌:Houghton Mifflin HarcourtASIN:0151007101商品描述内容简介In 1944, the U.S. government feared the flood of returning World War II soldiers as much as it looked forward to peace. To avoid economic catastrophe, FDR, the American Legion, William Randolph Hearst, and others began crafting the Servicemens Readjustment Act of 1944. It would be the single most transformative bill of the twentieth century. Spun as the G.I. Bill of Rights, this program for vets included home loans, health care, educational funds, and career counseling. The effects were immediate and enduringthe suburbs, the middle class, Americas ever-increasing number of college graduates, the lunar landingall are tied to the G.I. Bill. The Greatest Generation would not exist without it: Norman Mailer, Bob Dole, John F. Kennedy, Paul Newman, Jimmy Carter, Clint Eastwood, and many others benefited from its provisions. Here are the stories of some of these men and women, how their lives changed because of the bill and how this country changed because of them.作者简介EDWARD HUMES is a Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist who has contributed to Talk, the Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine, Los Angeles magazine, and others. Humess numerous books include School of Dreams and the bestselling Mississippi Mud, Mean Justice, and No Matter How Loud I Shout. A graduate of Hampshire College, he lives in Southern California.
