Service Denied: Marginalized Veterans in Modern American History

Service Denied explores the untold stories of marginalized veterans in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, highlighting the generational divides, cultural stigmas, and discriminatory policies that affected them. The collection recasts veterans beyond the archetype and encourages an intersectional and interdisciplinary analysis of their history.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 30 August 2022
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press

Wartime military service is often seen as a testament to civic duty and patriotism, yet the benefits of veteran status have not been universally distributed. Certain groups of military veterans, including women, people of color, LGBTQ individuals, and former service members with stigmatizing conditions, bad paper discharges, or criminal records, have been excluded from official histories, erased from national consciousness, and denied state recognition and military benefits.

Service Denied: Untold Stories of Marginalized Veterans in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries seeks to uncover the generational divides, cultural stigmas, and discriminatory policies that affected veterans during and after their military service. Through a collection of chapters, the book challenges the archetype of veterans and inspires an innovative model for veterans studies that encourages an intersectional and interdisciplinary analysis of their history.

Contributions to the volume come from the volume editors as well as scholars such as Barbara Gannon, Robert Jefferson, Evan P. Sullivan, Steven Rosales, Heather Marie Stur, Juan Coronado, Kara Dixon Vuic, John Worsencroft, and David Kieran.

This book is a valuable resource for researchers, students, and policymakers interested in understanding the experiences of marginalized veterans and the need to address their historical and ongoing challenges. It sheds light on the hidden stories of these individuals and highlights the importance of recognizing and honoring their contributions to our nation's military and society.

Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781625346537