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Author Fleury-Steiner, Benjamin, 1970- author.

Title Disposable heroes : the betrayal of African-American veterans / Benjamin Fleury-Steiner.

Publication Info. Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 187 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Perspectives on a Multiracial America
Perspectives on a multiracial America series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents African-American veterans and the war at home -- The African-American veteran as a social problem -- Joining up -- In the service -- The journey home -- "We thank you for your service" -- Appendix veteran's advocacy organizations.
Summary Disposable Heroes illuminates challenges facing many African American veterans. Rather than finding military service to be a path to upward mobility, these veterans fight just to survive. Drawing on in-depth interviews with veterans of Vietnam and recent wars, as well as national survey data, the book shows the ways America fails black veterans today.
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Subject African American veterans -- Social conditions.
African American veterans.
Social conditions.
African American veterans -- Services for.
African American veterans -- Interviews.
Genre/Form Interviews.
Electronic books.
Interviews.
Other Form: Print version: Fleury-Steiner, Benjamin, 1970- Disposable heroes. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2012 9781442217850 (DLC) 2012022921 (OCoLC)795504340
ISBN 1442217871 (ebook)
9781442217874 (ebook)
1442217855 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9781442217850 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9781442217867