Soldiers and Veterans: Then and Now

Updated November 6, 2025
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Glory in their spirit : how four black women took on the Army during World War II
Bolzenius, Sandra M., 1959- author.
Paper Book
Before Rosa Parks and the March on Washington, four African American women risked their careers and freedom to defy the United States Army over segregation. Women Army Corps (WAC) privates Mary Green, Anna Morrison, Johnnie Murphy, and Alice Young enlisted to serve their country, improve their...
The end of trauma : how the new science of resilience is changing how we think about PTSD
Bonanno, George A.
Paper Book
With "groundbreaking research on the psychology of resilience" (Adam Grant), a top expert on human trauma argues that we vastly overestimate how common PTSD is in and fail to recognize how resilient people really are. After 9/11, mental health professionals...
The Hello Girls : America's first women soldiers
Cobbs Hoffman, Elizabeth
Paper Book
In 1918 the U.S. Army Signal Corps sent 223 women to France to help win World War I. Elizabeth Cobbs reveals the challenges these patriotic young women faced in a war zone where male soldiers resented, wooed, mocked, saluted, and ultimately celebrated them. Back on the home front, they fought the...
Postcards from the Western Front pilgrims, veterans, and tourists after the Great War
Connelly, Mark
Paper Book
Visitors to the battlefields of France and Belgium expressed pain and anguish, pride and nostalgia, and wonder and surprise at what they saw. Postcards from the Western Front chronicles the many ways in which these sites were perceived and commemorated by British people, both during the First...
Sacred duty : a soldier's tour at Arlington National Cemetery
Cotton, Tom
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A moving, reverent history--a tribute, really--to 'The Old Guard' ... An ode to excellence and caring in service to the nation. It is an inspiring read for every American." -- ROBERT M. GATES An extraordinary journey behind the scenes of Arlington National...
Half American : the epic story of African Americans fighting World War II at home and abroad
Delmont, Matthew F.
Paper Book
The definitive history of World War II from the African American perspective, written by civil rights expert and Dartmouth history professor Matthew Delmont. Over one million Black men and women served in World War II. Black troops were at Normandy, Iwo Jima, and the Battle of the Bulge, serving in...
Veteran-Centered Care in Education and Practice: An Essential Guide for Nursing Faculty
Elliott, Brenda
Paper Book
Veteran-Centered Care in Education and Practice: An Essential Guide for Nursing Faculty addresses the mandate to improve veteran healthcare as a national priority, highlighting the tremendous impact nurses can make on improving veteran health. It provides guidance on how faculty can...
Mission transition : managing your career and your retirement
Farley, Janet I.
Paper Book
Change is a given in the United States military, but the soon to be applied "Blended Retirement System" is a financial change like no other the military has ever experienced. It is a huge deal that will not only affect the wallets of many active duty service members today and certainly 100% of...
Without a country : the untold story of America's deported veterans
Garcia, J. Malcolm
Paper Book
Many Americans believe service in the military to be a quintessential way to demonstrate patriotism. We expect those who serve to be treated with respect and dignity. However, as in so many aspects of our politics, the reality and our ideals diverge widely in our treatment of veterans. There is...
Vets and pets : wounded warriors and the animals that help them heal
Guerin, Dava
Paper Book
Experience firsthand the inspiring and heartwarming bonds between wounded veterans and their service and companion animals. "Vets and Pets tells fifteen emotional and entertaining stories of the incredible bonds between wounded warriors, veterans, and other service members...
Bridge to the sun : the secret role of the Japanese Americans who fought in the Pacific in World War II
Henderson, Bruce
Paper Book
One of the last, great untold stories of World War II-kept hidden for decades-even after most of the World War II records were declassified in 1972, many of the files remained untouched in various archives-a gripping true tale of courage and adventure from Bruce Henderson, master storyteller,...
Black Veterans, Politics, and Civil Rights in Twentieth-Century America: Closing Ranks
Jefferson, Robert F.
Paper Book
Fusing riveting testimony from African American veterans with the most incisive research of current military scholars, Black Veterans, Politics, and Civil Rights in 20th-Century America: Closing Ranks explores the intersecting characteristics of civil rights struggle and political activism...
Tribe : on homecoming and belonging
Junger, Sebastian
Paper Book
We have a strong instinct to belong to small groups defined by clear purpose and understanding--"tribes." This tribal connection has been largely lost in modern society, but regaining it may be the key to our psychological survival. Decades before the American Revolution, Benjamin...
A dog called hope : a wounded warrior and the service dog who saved him
Morgan, Jason (paratrooper)
Paper Book
Lone Survivor meets Marley & Me in this inspiring buddy memoir of an extraordinary service dog whose enduring love brought a wounded soldier back to life. A decade ago, Special Forces warrior Jason Morgan parachuted into the Central American jungle on an anti-narcotics...
The evil hours : a biography of post-traumatic stress disorder
Morris, David J.
Paper Book
In the tradition ofThe Emperor of All Maladies andThe Noonday Demon, a moving, eye-opening exploration of PTSD   Just as polio loomed over the 1950s, and AIDS stalked the 1980s and '90s, posttraumatic stress disorder haunts us in the...
The unknowns : the untold story of America's unknown soldier and WWI's most decorated heroes who brought him home
O'Donnell, Patrick K.
Paper Book
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is sacred ground at Arlington National Cemetery. Originally constructed in 1921 to hold one of the thousands of unidentified American soldiers lost in World War I, it now also contains unknowns from World War II and the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and receives millions...
Why Veterans Run: Military Service in American Presidential Elections, 1789-2016
Teigen, Jeremy M.
Paper Book
The assumptions that military service helps candidates attract votes-while lacking it harms a candidate's chances-has been an article of faith since the electoral coronation of George Washington in 1789. Perhaps the most compelling fact driving the perception that military service helps win...
Homelessness among U.S. veterans : critical perspectives
Tsai, Jack
Paper Book
The challenges facing military veterans who return to civilian life in the United States are persistent and well documented. But for all the political outcry and attempts to improve military members' readjustments, veterans of all service eras face formidable obstacles related to mental health,...
Charlie Company's journey home : the boys of '67 and the war they left behind
Wiest, Andrew A.
Paper Book
The Boys of '67 and the War They Left Behind The human experience of the Vietnam War is almost impossible to grasp--the camaraderie, the fear, the smell, the pain. Men were transformed into soldiers, and then into warriors. These warriors had wives who loved them...
Out of uniform : your guide to a successful military-to-civilian career transition
Wolfe, Tom
Paper Book
After completing military service, veterans can have a difficult time finding employment when returning to civilian life. Out of Uniform, Second Edition is designed to help all transitioning military personnel, regardless of service, branch, rank, rating, time in service, time in grade,...

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