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War's Waste (Hardcover)
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War's Waste (Hardcover)
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With US soldiers stationed around the world and engaged in multiple
conflicts, Americans will be forced for the foreseeable future to
come to terms with those permanently disabled in battle. At the
moment, we accept rehabilitation as the proper social and cultural
response to the wounded, swiftly returning injured combatants to
their civilian lives. But this was not always the case, as Beth
Linker reveals in her provocative new book, "War's Waste". Linker
explains how, before entering World War I, the United States sought
a way to avoid the enormous cost of providing injured soldiers with
pensions, which it had done since the Revolutionary War. Emboldened
by their faith in the new social and medical sciences, reformers
pushed rehabilitation as a means to 'rebuild' disabled soldiers,
relieving the nation of a monetary burden and easing the decision
to enter the Great War. Linker's narrative moves from the
professional development of orthopedic surgeons and physical
therapists to the curative workshops, or hospital spaces where
disabled soldiers learned how to repair automobiles as well as
their own artificial limbs. The story culminates in the postwar
establishment of the Veteran's Administration, one of the greatest
legacies to come out of the First World War.
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