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Here are books I know you will find very interesting. Topics are
veterans benefits, military history, politics, or just plain good
reading. Many of these books can be purchased online from
Powell's Books.
Here is the definitive, but pricey, dynamic duo:
Federal Veterans Laws, Rules and
Regulations and Veterans Benefits Manual. Kind of
heavy on the legalize but they have everything including forms.
Available from
Lexis/Nexis.
Here is more great reading.
Veterans' Benefits: A
Guide to State Programs by R. E. Armstrong adds to the above
books by detailing what benefits are available from the states.
Click
to find out more
about this book.
The Veteran's Survival Guide: How to File and Collect on VA
Claims by John D. Roche gives great step-by-step information
on how to get your claim. If you're tired of having your
claim denied, try this book.
Click
to find out more
about this book.
Don't let your benefits go to waste. Get this book!
Veterans Unclaimed Benefits: The Insider's Guide by
Michael Riedel tells you all about the benefits the VA doesn't
tell you about. If I had had this book years ago I could
have saved thousands of dollars on eyeglasses alone.
Click
to find out more
about this book.
Between the Lines: Photographs from
the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial by Thomas Morrissey.
An imposing collection of photographs that not only captures the
faces of those who visit the monument but the emotion, solitude,
and ultimate spirit of healing that takes place there. Click
to find out more
about this book.
Courage
After Fire by Keith Armstrong, a VA counselor, is designed
to help returning Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, their families,
and the people who care for them.
Click
to find out more
about this book.
No
Immediate Threat: The Story of an American Veteran
by Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell. A stirring and sensitive tribute
to a Vietnam veteran brother.
Click
to find out more
about this book.
Shrapnel in the Heart: Letters and Remembrances from the
Vietnam Veterans Memorial by Laura Palmer. For the first
time, one book gives voice to the haunting, painful, tender, and
healing tales of those who lost so much. Click
to find out more
about this book.
Women
Veterans: America's Forgotten Heroines
by June A. Willenz. A must read book for every veteran,
woman and man. Click
to find out more
about this book.
Against All Enemies - Gulf War Syndrome:
The War Between America's Ailing Veterans and their Government
by Seymour M. Hersh of the New Yorker magazine. More than just a book about Gulf War Syndrome, this is a stinging
indictment of VA policies that deny vets their benefits.
Click
to find out more
about this book.
Serving Under Adverse
Conditions: Wars and the
Aftermathby Tyrone T. Dancy.
Tyrone takes you well beyond the
comforts of yellow ribbons, the American flag, patriotic bumper
stickers and bows... and places before you the harsh, sobering
reality of combat service. Click
to find out more
about this book.
Potawatomi
Tracks: The Ballad of Vietnam and Other Storiesis Larry
Mitchell's poetic chronicle of his combat tour in Vietnam and the
path back to his home on the Potawatomi Reservation. His return
from the war was followed by years of drug use, alcoholism,
homelessness and racial discrimination. This is the story of how
Larry was able to overcome his feelings of despair to regain his
dignity, self-respect, and take back control of his life.
Click
to find out more
about this book.
In
1944, the U.S. government feared the flood of returning World War II
soldiers as much as it looked forward to peace. To avoid economic
catastrophe, FDR, the American Legion, William Randolph Hearst, and
others began crafting the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944. It
would be the single most transformative bill of the twentieth century.
By Edward Humes. This is a must read: Over Here: How
the G.I. Bill Transformed the American Dream
Click
to find out more
about this book.
Here is the definitive, but pricey, dynamic duo:
Here is more great reading.
Veterans' Benefits: A
Guide to State Programs by R. E. Armstrong adds to the above
books by detailing what benefits are available from the states.
Click
The Veteran's Survival Guide: How to File and Collect on VA
Claims by John D. Roche gives great step-by-step information
on how to get your claim. If you're tired of having your
claim denied, try this book.
Click
Don't let your benefits go to waste. Get this book!
Veterans Unclaimed Benefits: The Insider's Guide by
Michael Riedel tells you all about the benefits the VA doesn't
tell you about. If I had had this book years ago I could
have saved thousands of dollars on eyeglasses alone.
Click
Between the Lines: Photographs from
the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial by Thomas Morrissey.
An imposing collection of photographs that not only captures the
faces of those who visit the monument but the emotion, solitude,
and ultimate spirit of healing that takes place there. Click
Courage
After Fire by Keith Armstrong, a VA counselor, is designed
to help returning Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, their families,
and the people who care for them.
No
Immediate Threat: The Story of an American Veteran
by Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell. A stirring and sensitive tribute
to a Vietnam veteran brother.
Shrapnel in the Heart: Letters and Remembrances from the
Vietnam Veterans Memorial by Laura Palmer. For the first
time, one book gives voice to the haunting, painful, tender, and
healing tales of those who lost so much. Click
Against All Enemies - Gulf War Syndrome:
The War Between America's Ailing Veterans and their Government
by Seymour M. Hersh of the New Yorker magazine. More than just a book about Gulf War Syndrome, this is a stinging
indictment of VA policies that deny vets their benefits.
Click
Aftermath by Tyrone T. Dancy.
Tyrone takes you well beyond the
comforts of yellow ribbons, the American flag, patriotic bumper
stickers and bows... and places before you the harsh, sobering
reality of combat service. Click
Potawatomi
Tracks: The Ballad of Vietnam and Other Stories is Larry
Mitchell's poetic chronicle of his combat tour in Vietnam and the
path back to his home on the Potawatomi Reservation. His return
from the war was followed by years of drug use, alcoholism,
homelessness and racial discrimination. This is the story of how
Larry was able to overcome his feelings of despair to regain his
dignity, self-respect, and take back control of his life. 
