TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dickson,Paul
AU  - Allen,Thomas B.
TI  - The Bonus Army: an American epic 
SN  - 0802714404 (alk. paper)
AV  - 002 F 199 D554b 2004
U1  - 973.91/6 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New York
PB  - Walker & Co.
KW  - Bonus Expeditionary Forces.
KW  - World War, 1914-1918
KW  - Veterans
KW  - Washington (D.C.)
KW  - Guerra Mundial I, 1914-1918
KW  - Veteranos
KW  - Protest movements
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Movimientos de protesta
KW  - Historia
KW  - Siglo XX
KW  - United States
KW  - Political activity
KW  - Actividad política
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Economic conditions
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - In the Depression summer of 1932, some 45,000 veterans of World War I descended on Washington to demand the bonus promised them eight years earlier for their wartime service. They lived in shantytowns, white and black together, protested and rallied for their cause. Roy Wilkins saw the model for racial integration here; J. Edgar Hoover built his reputation against the radicals. President Hoover, Army Chief of Staff Douglas MacArthur, and others feared the protesters would turn violent after the Senate defeated the "bonus bill" that the House had passed. On July 28, tanks rolled as troops evicted the marchers. Newspapers and newsreels showed graphic images of American soldiers driving out their former comrades in arms. Democratic candidate Franklin Roosevelt said to an adviser, "This will elect me," though bonus armies would plague him as well. The march inspired Congress to pass the G. I. Bill of Rights in 1944.--From publisher description
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