The War Comes Home: Washington's Battle against America's Veterans (Hardcover)

by Aaron Glantz (Author)

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From Publishers Weekly
This exposé of the treatment meted out to American veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan is a breathtaking rebuke to government hypocrisy and an overdue contribution to gaining critical public awareness of this official neglect. Glantz (How America Lost Iraq), who covered the American occupation of Iraq, offers a thorough account of the plight U.S. vets face back home—from the understaffed Veterans Administration perversely geared to saving money at the expense of vets in dire need of help, to concomitant medical and social ills, including undiagnosed brain injuries and the too frequent perils of homelessness, crime and suicide. There is also grassroots resistance and mutual aid, including the eventual passage of the post 9/11 GI Bill of Rights in May 2008, fiercely opposed by the Bush administration and the Republican Congress (including John McCain). Glantz fleshes out his narrative with the voices and powerful stories of vets, their families and advocates, while helpfully including a host of resources and services for veterans. Glantz also places their experience in a longer, dismal history of government neglect, while backing up his assertion that the Bush administration has never been seriously interested in helping veterans with damning evidence. (Jan.)
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"A breathtaking rebuke to government hypocrisy and an overdue contribution to gaining critical public awareness of this official neglect."--Publishers Weekly

"Aaron Glantz puts himself at the forefront of those who are bringing this new generation of veterans into public view."--San Francisco Chronicle

"Does what no professional journalist has done heretofore. . . . Powerfully compelling yet simply rendered."--Huffingtonpost.com

"Does what no professional journalist has done heretofore. . . . Powerfully compelling yet simply rendered."--Huffingtonpost.com

"Does what no professional journalist has done heretofore. . . . Powerfully compelling yet simply rendered."--Huffingtonpost.com

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: University of California Press; 1 edition (January 15, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0520256123
• ISBN-13: 978-0520256125
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #170,521 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Every American should be required to read this book!!!, February 12, 2009

By	C. Bratten - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a very enlightening book. It is so sad but it also makes me very angry. Our soldiers are treated so terrible when they come home. No one should be treated this way, much less those that have served our country so bravely in such terrible situations!
EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO READ THIS BOOK!!! It makes me want to protest like we did during the Vietnam war. At least the country saw what was really going on in that war. Please read this book, please.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The War Comes Home, March 26, 2009

By	Dallas Eggemeyer "Mother of a Veteran" (TN) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Excellent, Gripping and Informative discussion of the shocking indifferences and bureaucracies to obtaining benefits for our returning Veterans. I was so moved by the author's honest revealing of his own struggles after returning from the field of action. This is a must read if you or someone you know has returned from duty in the Middle East. This is a whole new arena of warfare and we need to address the issues raised in this book. This book offers documented real life examples of the physical and mental injuries many of these veterans face. And how they struggle to deal with them, while facing the bureauracy. Thank you Aaron Glantz for helping my son on this journey!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Amazing!, February 5, 2009

By	Traci Linton (Illinois) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I couldn't put this book down. I took it everywhere. The stories were amazing and I cried with every single one of them. Aaron you're an amazing writer! So much of this hit very close to home.