The Bonus Army: An American Epic

In 1932, 45,000 World War I veterans marched on Washington, D.C., demanding payment of the bonus promised to them eight years earlier. The bonus bill was defeated in the Senate, and the U.S. Army deployed tanks in the capital’s streets to rout the protestors. Based on extensive research, this highly praised history traces the Bonus Army’s history and its connection with the GI Bill of Rights, which transformed postwar American society. AUTHORS: Paul Dickson is a Washington-based freelance writer who has written books on many topics, including space exploration, the vagaries of language, and the history of baseball. His books include: The Hidden Language of Baseball, Sputnick: The Shock of the Century, and, with Dover, War Slang. More recent books include Leo Durocher: Baseball’s Prodigal Son, and The Dickson Baseball Dictionary. Thomas B. Allen was a frequent contributor to National Geographic magazine and author of many books, including George Washington, Spymaster and Rickover: Father of the Nuclear Navy (with Norman Polmar.) His other Dover book is World War II:The Encyclopedia of the War Years, 1941 1945 (also with Norman Polmar).