A Time of Scandal: Charles R. Forbes, Warren G. Harding, and the Making of the Veterans Bureau

by Rosemary Stevens

Was the founding director of the US Veterans Bureau a criminal--or a scapegoat?

In the early 1920s, with the nation still recovering from World War I, President Warren G. Harding founded a huge new organization to treat disabled veterans: the US Veterans Bureau, now known as the Department of Veterans Affairs. He appointed his friend, decorated veteran Colonel Charles R. Forbes, as founding director. Forbes lasted in the position for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421421305
• ISBN13: 9781421421308
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher