The war comes home
Subtitle: Washington's battle against America's veterans
By: Aaron Glantz
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780520266049
Subjects: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Veterans; Disabled veterans; Psychological aspects; Social conditions; Services for; Afghan War, 2001-; Rehabilitation; Iraq War, 2003-
Notes: Originally published: 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-245) and index.
Table of contents: title: Coming home. A soldier comes home ; Trying to adjust ; A different kind of casualty; title: Fighting the Pentagon. The scandal at Walter Reed ; Coming together ; Education ; Drugs, crime, and losing your benefits ; Losing your benefits: personality disorder; title: Fighting the VA. Meet the bureaucracy ; Didn't prepare to treat the wounded ; More bureaucracy; title: The downward spiral drugs, crime, homelessness, and suicide. Crime ; Homeless on the streets of America ; Suicide ; Suicide after the war ; Fighting back ; A history of neglect ; Winning the battle at home.