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How the G.I. Bill Transformed the American Dream
Harcourt
October 2006
On Sale: October 2, 2006
336 pages
ISBN: 0151007101
EAN: 9780151007103
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Political
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.
Spun as the G.I. Bill of Rights, this program for vets
included home loans, health care, educational funds, and
career counseling. The effects were immediate and
enduring—the suburbs, the middle class, America’s
ever-increasing number of college graduates, the lunar
landing—all are tied to the G.I. Bill. The Greatest
Generation would not exist without it: Norman Mailer, Bob
Dole, John F. Kennedy, Paul Newman, Jimmy Carter, Clint
Eastwood, and many others benefited from its provisions.
Here are the stories of some of these men and women, how
their lives changed because of the bill and how this country
changed because of them.
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