{"product_id":"vets-under-siege-martin-schram-9780312561666","title":"Vets Under Siege","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA scathing exposé of the U.S. government's deplorable neglect of American servicemen and women--in the works before the Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital scandal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter members of our armed forces bravely serve their nation, they sometimes come home to find themselves battling another enemy--within their own government. Using decades of case histories, statistics, and firsthand accounts, award-winning Washington journalist Martin Schram exposes a shocking culture of antagonism toward veterans by the very agency--the Department of Veterans Affairs--that was formed to serve them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eVets Under Siege\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the shameless lack of care shown to our 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, and looks back to examine the innumerable postwar battles our veterans have had to wage for proper treatment, from World War II to today. Martin Schram's bold bugle call, sounded on behalf of our nation's beleaguered servicemen and -women, lays bare a chilling pattern of institutional negligence, delay, and denial, and points the way forward with definitive solutions to a national disgrace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martin Schram\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312561660\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312561666\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/08\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Martin Schram","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44119556391167,"sku":"9780312561666","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_06eb4f4a-13e2-4b94-bb03-8faba2a54d46.jpg?v=1687409919","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vets-under-siege-martin-schram-9780312561666","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}