Politics Of Readjustment
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Author | : Wilbur Scott |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 2017-09-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1351476882 |
Veterans of all wars face a demanding task in readjusting to civilian life. Vietnam veterans have borne an additional burden, having returned from a controversial war that ended in defeat for the United States and South Vietnam. To address this situation, leaders among the Vietnam veterans and their allies formed organizations of their own to articulate their problems and extract concessions from a reluctant Congress, Federal agencies, and courts.Scott, a former infantry platoon leader in Vietnam, describes the major social movements among his fellow veterans during the period of 196 to 1990 in a lively narrative, combining personal interviews with documentary and press records. Included in the book are the 'sociological stories' of protests against the war in Operations RAW and Dewey Canyon III: the successful effort to place post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Third Edition (DSM-III), of the American Psychiatric Association; the building of the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., despite fierce opposition; and the long-running controversy over the herbicide Agent Orange. In the last chapter the author details the sociological thinking that informs his stories, and develops the implications for understanding social movements in general and veterans' issues in particular.
Author | : Wilbur J. Scott |
Publisher | : Transaction Publishers |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780202367972 |
Veterans of all wars face a demanding task in readjusting to civilian life. Vietnam veterans have borne an additional burden, having returned from a controversial war that ended in defeat for the United States and South Vietnam. To address this situation, leaders among the Vietnam veterans and their allies formed organizations of their own to articulate their problems and extract concessions from a reluctant Congress, Federal agencies, and courts. Scott, a former infantry platoon leader in Vietnam, describes the major social movements among his fellow veterans during the period of 196 to 1990 in a lively narrative, combining personal interviews with documentary and press records. Included in the book are the âsociological storiesâ of protests against the war in Operations RAW and Dewey Canyon III: the successful effort to place post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Third Edition (DSM-III), of the American Psychiatric Association; the building of the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., despite fierce opposition; and the long-running controversy over the herbicide Agent Orange. In the last chapter the author details the sociological thinking that informs his stories, and develops the implications for understanding social movements in general and veterans' issues in particular.
Author | : W.J. Scott |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 1993-01-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9783110142181 |
Author | : Wilbur J. Scott |
Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780806135977 |
War is hell, and the return to civilian life afterwards can be a minefield as well, especially for veterans of a “bad war.” Soldiers coming home from Vietnam faced unique challenges as veterans of a controversial war whose divisiveness permeated every step of the re-entry and readjustment process. In his balanced and highly readable account, Vietnam Veterans since the War, sociologist Wilbur J. Scott tells the story of how the veterans and their allies organized to articulate their concerns and to win concessions from a reluctant Congress, federal agencies, and courts. Scott draws on published records, hours of personal interviews with veterans, and his experience as an infantry platoon leader in Vietnam to explore the major social movements among his fellow veterans in the crucial years from 1967 to 1990, including the antiwar movement, the successful effort to win recognition of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by the American Psychiatric Association, the establishment of veterans’ outreach centers, the controversy over the defoliant Agent Orange and its long-term effects, and the struggle to create the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. His new afterword brings the story up to date and demonstrates that while the United States’ involvement in Vietnam continues to be controversial, many of the tensions engendered by the war have been overcome.
Author | : William Robert Woerner |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 1965 |
Genre | : Kentucky |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Stephan Haggard |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780691003948 |
This is a collection of essays offering comparative analysis of the divergent experiences of developing countries responding to economic crises by adopting macroeconomic stabilization and structural adjustment policies.
Author | : Ellis Merton Coulter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 492 |
Release | : 1926 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
The purpose of this study was to discover what was typical in the history and character of the state during the period of the Civil War and the readjustment that followed. The author explains the early neutrality of the state that did not secede until after the war, the break-down of that neutrality, the growing dominance of the Confederacy, and postwar reconstruction. Originally published in 1926. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Author | : Stephan Haggard |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 371 |
Release | : 2018-06-05 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0691188033 |
In the 1980s some developing countries adopted orthodox market-oriented policies in response to international economic crises, others experimented with alternative programs, and still others failed to develop coherent adjustment strategies of any sort. Building on the case studies in Economic Crisis and Policy Choice, these essays offer comparative analysis of these divergent experiences with macroeconomic stabilization and structural adjustment. Barbara Stallings and Miles Kahler explore the external pressures on governments. Peter Evans and John Waterbury examine the role of the state in the adjustment process, Evans through the lens of earlier historical experience with economic restructuring, Waterbury by focusing on the politics of privatization. Joan Nelson analyzes the politics of income distribution in the adjustment process, and Haggard and Kaufman investigate the political correlates of inflation and stabilization. A final essay assesses the prospects for combining market-oriented reforms with political democratization.
Author | : C R 1863-1942 Ashbee |
Publisher | : Franklin Classics |
Total Pages | : 82 |
Release | : 2018-10-13 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780342886470 |
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Author | : Peter Trubowitz |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780231110747 |
Illustrates how the US chooses its security policies, showing that decisions about grand strategy are critically shaped by aspects of domestic politics such as political ideologies and state structure. Some topics include cultural transformation and strategic adjustment in the 1890s, the politics of American naval expansion, and defining a new role for the naval forces in the post-Cold War world. Of interest to policymakers and scholars of international affairs. Material originated at conferences held in 1994 and 1995. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR