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Beth Linker, “War’s Waste: Rehabilitation in World War I America” (University of Chicago Press, 2014)
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Beth Linker, “War’s Waste: Rehabilitation in World War I America” (University of Chicago Press, 2014)
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65 minutes
Released:
Sep 23, 2014
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Podcast episode
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Beth Linker is the author of War’s Waste: Rehabilitation in World War I America (University of Chicago Press, 2011). As she reveals, the story of individual rehabilitation from war-related injury was intertwined with other political concerns at multiple levels. These century-old accounts matter greatly, as the First World War was that point where modern rehabilitative medicine and social policy was born, with many of the attitudes and aspects of this early response lingering to the present day. Beth’s book is an insightful consideration of the conflicted responses Americans presented to the unanticipated challenges of post-war reconstruction and rehabilitation for the nation’s thousands of veterans, standing in no small way as a cautionary tale as America winds down from its latest conflicts.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Sep 23, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
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