The Great War & Its Legacy: 1914-1918 with John Kinder

March 21, 2016

John Kinder, associate professor of History and American Studies at Oklahoma State University, will present "Healing the Nation's Wounds: The Great War, Medicine and America's Disabled Veterans." This talk examines the history of US casualties during and after World War I.

Though many medical experts predicted a "safe" conflict for American doughboys, the Great War sparked widespread debates about the high price "in bodies and lives" of US intervention. As a result, World War I transformed American attitudes toward disabled vets, laying the groundwork for the policies and problems that shape veterans' lives today.

John M. Kinder is an associate professor of History and American Studies at Oklahoma State University. He received his doctorate in American Studies from the University of Minnesota in 2007, and he is the author of "Paying with Their Bodies: American War and the Problem of the Disabled Veteran", which was published by the University of Chicago Press in 2015. His research focuses on the relationship between war and culture in the United States and around the globe. He is currently finishing his second book, a history of zoos during World War II.

URL: https://library.okstate.edu/news/archived-news/spring-2016/the-great-war-and-its-legacy-1914-1918-with-john-kinder

Last Updated: 10 August 2018