"Facing the Future: Uncle Sam offers training to every man disabled in the service/See that your man takes it/Ask the Red Cross (1919 poster by C.F. Chambers"

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A History of War Veterans [rebroadcast]

November 9, 2012 | 9 comments

How have war veterans been treated in the aftermath of America's past wars? How much depends on the politics of the war? Are vets only as popular as the wars they’ve fought in?

"Facing the Future: Uncle Sam offers training to every man disabled in the service/See that your man takes it/Ask the Red Cross (1919 poster by C.F. Chambers"

Coming Home

A History of War Veterans

November 11, 2011 | 26 comments

How have war veterans been treated in the aftermath of America's past wars? How much depends on the politics of the war? Are vets only as popular as the wars they’ve fought in?