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BL
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694380
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b516569
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| Main Entry
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Montgomery, G. V., (Gillespie V.)
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| Title & Author
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Across the aisle : : the seven-year journey of the historic Montgomery GI bill /\ by G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery ; with Darryl Kehrer and Michael McGrevey
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| Publication Statement
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Jackson :: University Press of Mississippi,, c2010
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244 p. :: ill. (chiefly col.) ;; 22 x26 cm
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| ISBN
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1604739657 (hbk. : alk. paper)
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: 1604739665 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 1604739673 (ebook)
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: 9781604739657 (hbk. : alk. paper)
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: 9781604739664 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 9781604739671 (ebook)
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| Notes
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Includes indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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This is "Sonny." Honorable Bill Cohen -- The World War II GI bill : the legacy begins -- The World War II GI bill and beyond : the legacy continues -- Producing legislative "widgets" : committees, bills, and bipartisanship -- 1980-1983 : road to enactment : how to fix a "hollow" army -- Late spring 1984 : road to enactment : House passes a new GI bill opposed -- Summer 1984 : road to enactment : Senate passes Glenn test Citizen-Soldier Education Program 96 to 1 : first vote -- Summer 1984 : road to enactment : Senate fails to table Armstrong Peacetime Veterans' Educational Assistance Act 51 to 46 : second vote -- Summer 1984 : road to enactment : Senate passes amended Glenn test Citizen-Soldier Education Program 72 to 20 after third, fourth, fifth, and sixth votes -- Fall 1984 : road to enactment : House-Senate conference on the FY 1985 DoD Authorization Act -- 1985-1986 : road to enactment : implementing the three-year new GI bill program -- Fall 1986-winter 1987 : road to enactment : gaining House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees' approval -- Spring 1987 : road to enactment : House passage and Senate Armed Services Committee approval -- Summer 1987 : road to enactment : Senate passage, conference, and Rose Garden -- 1987-present : effect of the Montgomery GI bill : creating a recruiting and educational incentive -- 1987-present : effect of the Montgomery GI bill : affording postsecondary education -- 1987-winter 2008 : effect of the Montgomery GI bill : developing the U.S. workforce
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| Subject
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Veterans-- Education-- Law and legislation-- United States-- History
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| Dewey Classification
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343.73/01130262
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KF7749.E3M66 2010
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KF7749.E3M66 2010
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Kehrer, Darryl W
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McGrevey, Michael
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