In the summer of 1932, at the height of the Depression, some forty-five thousand World War I veterans-whites and blacks together-descended on Washington D.C., from all over the country to demand the bonus promised them eight years earlier for their wartime service. Fearing violence after the Senate defeated the "bonus bill," Herbert Hoover's Army Chief of Staff, Douglas MacArthur, led tanks through the streets on July 28 to evict the bonus marchers. Through seminal research, including interviews with the last surviving witnesses, Paul Dickson and Thomas B. Allen tell the full story of the Bonus Army, recovering the voices of ordinary men who dared tilt at powerful injustice. The march ultimately transformed the nation, inspiring Congress to pass the GI Bill of Rights in 1944, one of the most important pieces of social legislation in our history, which in large part created America's middle class.
The Bonus Army: An American Epic
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Author: Dickson, Paul
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780802777386
Details:
Author: Dickson, Paul
Brand: Walker & Co
Features:
- History
- American
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 384
Release Date: 21-03-2006
Package Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches Languages: English
EAN: 9780802777386
