Vets Under Siege How America Deceives and Dishonors Those Who Fight Our Battles

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ISBN: 9780312561666 | 0312561660
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 12/8/2009

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An award-winning Washington journalist reports firsthand accounts that expose the shameless mistreatment of America's young servicemen and women--from recruiters' deceptions and a lack of armor in battle to shoddy, disgusting conditions at Walter Reed and other medical facilities.

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Acknowledgments	p. ix
Prologue	p. 1
The Unending Battles of War and Peace
The Wartime Battles of Bill Florey E4 SPC, U.S. Army, 82nd Airborne, Persian Gulf War	p. 11
The Peacetime Battles of Bill Florey E4 SPC, U.S. Army, 82nd Airborne, Persian Gulf War	p. 23
The Shaping of a National Mind-set
The Bonus Army: The Sad Summer When the Veterans Invaded Washington	p. 47
Old Soldiers Sometimes Die-Waiting: After a Lifetime of Delays	p. 61
Decades of Waste How the System Spent Decades Making a One-Day Decision	p. 75
Veterans at War at Home DAV vs. DVA	p. 85
The Mystery Caller VA Help Lines Are Often Helpless, Hapless, Hopeless	p. 95
A Government History of VA Failures: Decades of Reports About Delays	p. 107
Outpatient Delays: Diagnosis and Cure	p. 139
The Pain of Unseen Wounds: Slow to Learn the ABCs of PTSD	p. 151
A New Generation of Vets: Ratings Games and Waiting Lists	p. 161
Seeds of Dishonor and Disservice: How a System in Trouble Sows Disrespect	p. 167
An Agent Orange Veterans Day: Retired but Still Battling	p. 183
Living Monuments: The True Cost of the Iraq War	p. 195
Whip-Cracking Washington: Revelations at Walter Reed	p. 211
Solutions
Blue Ribbons and Red Tape: Commissioning Change	p. 225
Reality Check, Gut Check: An Interlude in the Search for Solutions	p. 253
A Department of Veterans Advocacy: Renaming the VA, Rededicating Ourselves	p. 279
Index	p. 291
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Vets Under Siege How America Deceives and Dishonors Those Who Fight Our Battles

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