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The American Legion : an official history, 1919-1989 / Thomas A. Rumer.

By: Rumer, Thomas A.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : M. Evans, c1990General Notes: Includes index.Description: 610 p., [64] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0871316226 :.Subject(s): American Legion -- HistoryDDC classification: 369/.1861/0904
Contents:
Prologue : America in World war I -- Beginnings : Paris, January 1919 -- The veterans meet in America, May 8-10 -- The summer of 1919 --Minneapolis convention, November 10-12, 1919 -- "Beneficial legislation" establishing veterans' rehabilitation standards, 1919-1924 -- Remaining relevant : amid the roar and the crash, 1925-1933 -- Recovery : the move toward a bill of rights for veterans, 1934-1944 -- Growth and reformation in the atomic age : the post-World war II American Legion, 1944-1949 --The Korean war era, 1949-1955 -- Between the cease-fire and the firestorm, 1955-1965 -- Point and counterpoint : the Vietnam era, 1966-1976 -- Moment of pause, moment of reflection : pardon, Panama, preference and the color orange, 1977-1984 -- Standing guard : reckoning with "the deficit," 1985-1989 -- Epilogue : "walking the point".
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Includes index.

Prologue : America in World war I -- Beginnings : Paris, January 1919 -- The veterans meet in America, May 8-10 -- The summer of 1919 --Minneapolis convention, November 10-12, 1919 -- "Beneficial legislation" establishing veterans' rehabilitation standards, 1919-1924 -- Remaining relevant : amid the roar and the crash, 1925-1933 -- Recovery : the move toward a bill of rights for veterans, 1934-1944 -- Growth and reformation in the atomic age : the post-World war II American Legion, 1944-1949 --The Korean war era, 1949-1955 -- Between the cease-fire and the firestorm, 1955-1965 -- Point and counterpoint : the Vietnam era, 1966-1976 -- Moment of pause, moment of reflection : pardon, Panama, preference and the color orange, 1977-1984 -- Standing guard : reckoning with "the deficit," 1985-1989 -- Epilogue : "walking the point".

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