Doughboys, the Great War, and the Remaking of America

Doughboys, the Great War, and the Remaking of America
Author: Jennifer D. Keene
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2001
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780801874468

How does a democratic government conscript citizens, turn them into soldiers who can fight effectively against a highly trained enemy, and then somehow reward these troops for their service? In Doughboys, the Great War, and the Remaking of America, Jennifer D. Keene argues that the doughboy experience in 1917–18 forged the U.S. Army of the twentieth century and ultimately led to the most sweeping piece of social-welfare legislation in the nation's history—the G.I. Bill. Keene shows how citizen-soldiers established standards of discipline that the army in a sense had to adopt. Even after these troops had returned to civilian life, lessons learned by the army during its first experience with a mass conscripted force continued to influence the military as an institution. The experience of going into uniform and fighting abroad politicized citizen-soldiers, Keene finally argues, in ways she asks us to ponder. She finds that the country and the conscripts—in their view—entered into a certain social compact, one that assured veterans that the federal government owed conscripted soldiers of the twentieth century debts far in excess of the pensions the Grand Army of the Republic had claimed in the late nineteenth century.

Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States

Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States
Author: United States. Congress. House
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1692
Release: 1978
Genre: Legislation
ISBN:

Some vols. include supplemental journals of "such proceedings of the sessions, as, during the time they were depending, were ordered to be kept secret, and respecting which the injunction of secrecy was afterwards taken off by the order of the House."

New Serial Titles

New Serial Titles
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1384
Release: 1998
Genre: Periodicals
ISBN:

A union list of serials commencing publication after Dec. 31, 1949.

Congressional Record

Congressional Record
Author: United States. Congress
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1380
Release: 1969
Genre: Law
ISBN:

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

Current Catalog

Current Catalog
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1068
Release: 1982
Genre: Medicine
ISBN:

First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.

Annual Report

Annual Report
Author: Indiana. Department of Veterans' Affairs
Publisher:
Total Pages: 84
Release: 1972
Genre: Veterans
ISBN: