{"product_id":"burdens-of-war-jessica-l-adler-9781421422879","title":"Burdens of War: Creating the United States Veterans Health System","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow have Americans grappled with the moral and financial issues of veterans' health care?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the World War I era, veterans fought for a unique right: access to government-sponsored health care. In the process, they built a pillar of American social policy. \u003ci\u003eBurdens of War \u003c\/i\u003eexplores how the establishment of the veterans' health system marked a reimagining of modern veterans' benefits and signaled a pathbreaking validation of the power of professionalized institutional medical care.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdler reveals that a veterans' health system came about incrementally, amid skepticism from legislators, doctors, and army officials concerned about the burden of long-term obligations, monetary or otherwise, to ex-service members. She shows how veterans' welfare shifted from centering on pension and domicile care programs rooted in the nineteenth century to direct access to health services. She also traces the way that fluctuating ideals about hospitals and medical care influenced policy at the dusk of the Progressive Era; how race, class, and gender affected the health-related experiences of soldiers, veterans, and caregivers; and how interest groups capitalized on a tense political and social climate to bring about change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book moves from the 1910s--when service members requested better treatment, Congress approved new facilities and increased funding, and elected officials expressed misgivings about who should have access to care--to the 1930s, when the economic crash prompted veterans to increasingly turn to hospitals for support while bureaucrats, politicians, and doctors attempted to rein in the system. By the eve of World War II, the roots of what would become the country's largest integrated health care system were firmly planted and primed for growth. Drawing readers into a critical debate about the level of responsibility America bears for wounded service members, \u003ci\u003eBurdens of War\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique and moving case study.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jessica L. Adler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421422875\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421422879\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 1.10d","brand":"Jessica L. Adler","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44079804481791,"sku":"9781421422879","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5814a550-5f64-4da8-b73f-f8c9870f67a8.jpg?v=1685483239","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/burdens-of-war-jessica-l-adler-9781421422879","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}