The war comes home: Washington's battle against America's veterans

Coming home. A soldier comes home ; Trying to adjust ; A different kind of casualty

Fighting the Pentagon. The scandal at Walter Reed ; Coming together ; Education ; Drugs, crime, and losing your benefits ; Losing your benefits: personality disorder

Fighting the VA. Meet the bureaucracy ; Didn't prepare to treat the wounded ; More bureaucracy

The downward spiral drugs, crime, homelessness, and suicide. Crime ; Homeless on the streets of America ; Suicide ; Suicide after the war ; Fighting back ; A history of neglect ; Winning the battle at home.

List of Resource Boxes

Preface: Returning Home from Iraq

Acknowledgments

Part I. Coming Home

1. A Soldier Comes Home

2. Trying to Adjust

3. A Different Kind of Casualty

Part II. Fighting the Pentagon

4. The Scandal at Walter Reed

5. Coming Together

6. Education

7. Drugs, Crime, and Losing Your Benefits

8. Losing Your Benefits-Personality Disorder

Part III. Fighting the VA

9. Meet the Bureaucracy

10. Didn't Prepare to Treat the Wounded

11. More Bureaucracy

Part IV. The Downward Spiral Drugs, Crime, Homelessness, and Suicide

12. Crime

13. Homeless on the Streets of America

14. Suicide

15. Suicide after the War

Part V. Fighting Back

16. A History of Neglect

17. Winning the Battle at Home

Postscript: The War Inside

A Note on Sources

Notes

Index