The Bonus Army: An American Epic - Softcover

Dickson, Mr Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802777384 ISBN 13: 9780802777386

Verlag: Walker & Company, 2006

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In the Depression summer of 1932, some 45,000 veterans of World War I descended on Washington to demand the bonus promised them eight years earlier for their wartime service. They lived in shantytowns, white and black together, protested and rallied for their cause. Roy Wilkins saw the model for racial integration here; J. Edgar Hoover built his reputation against the radicals. President Hoover, Army Chief of Staff Douglas MacArthur, and others feared the protesters would turn violent after the Senate defeated the "bonus bill" that the House had passed. On July 28, tanks rolled as troops evicted the marchers. Newspapers and newsreels showed graphic images of American soldiers driving out their former comrades in arms. Democratic candidate Franklin Roosevelt said to an adviser, "This will elect me," though bonus armies would plague him as well. The march inspired Congress to pass the G. I. Bill of Rights in 1944.--From publisher description.

Biografía del autor:

Paul Dickson, author of Sputnik: The Shock of the Century, and numerous books about history, lives in Garrett Park, Maryland.

Thomas B. Allen, author of George Washington, Spymaster and many books about military and intelligence history, lives in Bethesda, Maryland.

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• Verlag: Walker & Company
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0802777384
• ISBN 13: 9780802777386
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 370