Disabled Veterans in History - 9780472035083

Disabled Veterans in HistoryAuthor(s): David A. Gerber\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of Michigan Press, United States\nImprint: The University of Michigan Press\nISBN-13: 9780472035083, 978-0472035083\nSynopsis\nDisabled Veterans in History explores the long-neglected history of those who have sustained lasting injuries or chronic illnesses while serving in uniform. The contributors to this volume cover an impressive range of countries in Europe and North America as well as a wide sweep of chronology from the Ancient World to the present. The essays address the emergence of \""veteran\"" as a political category with unique privileges and entitlements and of disabled veterans as a special project--and indeed one of the original projects--of the modern welfare state.\n\n The introductory essay, \""Finding Disabled Veterans in History,\"" offers perhaps the first attempt at synthesizing knowledge about disabled veterans in Western societies. The other essays examine the repr]