Over Here: How the G.I. Bill Transformed the American Dream

Extraordinary stories of ordinary men and women whose lives were changed forever by landmark legislation—and how they went on to change the country.

Inspiring war stories are familiar. But what about after-the-war stories? From a Pulitzer Prize–winning author, Over Here is the Greatest Generation's after-the-war story—vivid portraits of how the original G.I. Bill empowered an entire generation and reinvented the nation. The G.I. Bill opened college education to the masses, transformed Ame...