Service Denied: Marginalized Veterans in Modern American History - Hardcover

John M. Kinder (editor) & Jason A. Higgins (editor)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1625346549 ISBN 13: 9781625346544

Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press, 2022

Synopsis

Wartime military service is held up as a marker of civic duty and patriotism, yet the rewards of veteran status have never been equally distributed. Certain groups of military veterans―women, people of color, LGBTQ people, and former service members with stigmatizing conditions, "bad paper" discharges, or criminal records―have been left out of official histories, excised from national consciousness, and denied state recognition and military benefits.

Chronicling the untold stories of marginalized veterans in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Service Denied uncovers the generational divides, cultural stigmas, and discriminatory policies that affected veterans during and after their military service. Together, the chapters in this collection recast veterans beyond the archetype, inspiring an innovative model for veterans studies that encourages an intersectional and interdisciplinary analysis of veterans history. In addition to contributions from the volume editors, this collection features scholarship by Barbara Gannon, Robert Jefferson, Evan P. Sullivan, Steven Rosales, Heather Marie Stur, Juan Coronado, Kara Dixon Vuic, John Worsencroft, and David Kieran.

About this title

About the Author

JOHN M. KINDER is associate professor of history and director of the American Studies Program at Oklahoma State University.

JASON A. HIGGINS is a postdoctoral fellow in digital humanities and oral history at Virginia Tech.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1625346549
• ISBN 13: 9781625346544
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256