Final Project: How Will We Help

SUBJECT
Veterens Post War Benefits
By Lenita Figgins



SUBJECT GUIDE INFORMATION SHEET:
GOVERNMENT & AMERICAN SOLDIERS POST IRAQ WAR


OVERVIEW

My topic has to do with the government and soldiers of Iraq War and what policies and programs are in place to assist with their mental, physical and financial transition after the war. I have not heard any discussion from the government as to how we help the soldiers cope with life here back in America.
When choosing this topic I tried to focus more on what issues or if any the government had addressed, but was not able to get much, but I also looked at public opinions or even what some soldiers who have returned had faced. What I have found is that we as a government really have not thought or even given much help to assist.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SUBJECT HEADINGS


Veterans -UB356.B3
Soldiers Mental Health - RC552.P67 C652 2006
Government Agencies - G3701.F71945.N3 TIL


C. KEYWORDS

Soldiers Benefits
After the Iraq War
Soldiers Mental Health
Cost for Veterans of War

D. REFERENCE SOURCES
Reference books provide background information and overviews on a given topic. Some relevant reference books in psychology include:

1) Library of Congress: Haunted by combat: understanding PTSD in war veterans including women, reservists, and those coming back from Iraq / Daryl S. Paulson and Stanley Krippner; introduction by Jeffrey Kirkwood. Westport, Conn.: Praeger Security International, 2007.
Call# RC552.P67 P38 2007
This article gave an inside look at what type of mental issues a soldiers has or will face post a serious war and what it will take to overcome such an illness.

2) http://encarta.msn.com
“Department of Veterans Affairs” by Edward C. Cass M.A. Ph.D 1997-2008
This article just explains the various departments within that have different programs available for veterans.

3) http:// www.Los Angeles Public Library U. S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs GPO ; U. S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs R 355.115 U543 [NH ]


E. PRINT BOOKS
1) “Soldiers Returning From Iraq and Afghanistan: The Long –term Costs of Providing Veterans Medical Care and Disability Benefits”. By Linda Bilmes
This book relates because it gives not only statistics but how much it will cost to provide and rehabilitate
the veterans.

2) “Operation Homecoming: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Home Front, in the Words of U.S. Troops and Their Families” by Andrew Carroll published by Random House Sept 2006.
This book really addresses touches my topic by addressing it not only from the soldiers on account from the front lines to home but lets the families tell their story of what effects they deal with when that soldier returns home.

3) “Courage After Fire: Coping Strategies for Troops Returning From Iraq and Afghanistan and Their Families” by Keith Armstrong, Suzanne Best and Paula Domenici published by Ulysses Press Dec 2005
It helps explain my question as what state of mind will these soldiers come home in. It is written by a group of psychologist who gives views as to what and how soldiers mental state will be and how transition back into society.


F. PERIODICALS
For all of these periodicals I typed in government periodicals and was given a list of various articles. Scroll down the list and choose which one is relevant to the topic of discussion.

1) Foreign Policy Magazine – http://foreignpolicymagazine.com . Its deals with all aspects of government issues.


2) Journal of U.S Army Medical Department - http://library.louisville.edu/government/federal/agencies/defense/armymedical.html


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G. WEBSITE RESOURCES

http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/Research/wpaperThis is a detailed research paper that was maintained by Linda Bilmes Lecturer at Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Again this \
website gives a much needed detail and understanding on what the governments has to provide for these soldiers to adjust to society after
this most trying war.http://www.huffingtonpost.com
a local newspaper that provided information from a soldiers point and his experiences he has faced since being home and trying to seek the help needed to survive in society.