Burdens of War: Creating the United States Veterans Health System

by Jessica L. Adler

How have Americans grappled with the moral and financial issues of veterans' health care?

In the World War I era, veterans fought for a unique right: access to government-sponsored health care. In the process, they built a pillar of American social policy. Burdens of War explores how the establishment of the veterans' health system marked a reimagining of modern veterans' benefits and signaled a pathbreaking validation of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421422875
• ISBN13: 9781421422879
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"