Grateful Nation

Grateful Nation
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Publisher : Duke University Press
Total Pages : 260
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ISBN-10 : 9780822372769
ISBN-13 : 0822372762
Rating : 4/5 (762 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Grateful Nation by : Ellen Moore

Download or read book Grateful Nation written by Ellen Moore and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-26 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today's volunteer military many recruits enlist for the educational benefits, yet a significant number of veterans struggle in the classroom, and many drop out. The difficulties faced by student veterans have been attributed to various factors: poor academic preparation, PTSD and other postwar ailments, and allegedly antimilitary sentiments on college campuses. In Grateful Nation Ellen Moore challenges these narratives by tracing the experiences of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans at two California college campuses. Drawing on interviews with dozens of veterans, classroom observations, and assessments of the work of veteran support organizations, Moore finds that veterans' academic struggles result from their military training and combat experience, which complicate their ability to function in civilian schools. While there is little evidence of antimilitary bias on college campuses, Moore demonstrates the ways in which college programs that conflate support for veterans with support for the institutional military lead to suppression of campus debate about the wars, discourage antiwar activism, and encourage a growing militarization.


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