Defender of the Underdog

Pelham Glassford and the Bonus Army

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

AvHarvey D. Ferguson III,Harvey D. Ferguson,Harvey D Ferguson

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In 1932, the worst year of the Great Depression, more than twenty thousand mostly homeless World War I veterans trekked to the nation's capital to petition Congress to grant them early payment of a promised bonus. The Hoover Administration and the local government urged Washington, DC, police chief Pelham Glassford to forcefully drive this "bonus army" out of the city. Instead, he defied both governments for months and found food and shelter for the veterans until Congress voted on their request.Glassford's efforts to persuade federal and local officials to deal sympathetically with the protesters were ultimately in vain, but his proposed solutions, though disregarded by his supervisors, demonstrate that compassion and empathy could be more effective ways of dealing with radical protests than violent suppression.

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Utgivningsdatum2025-04-30
Mått152 x 229 x 21 mm
Vikt488 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor344
FörlagUniversity of New Mexico Press
ISBN9780826368072

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List of IllustrationsPrefaceIntroductionChapter 1. BeginningsChapter 2. Monastery on the HudsonChapter 3. A New Officer for a New ArmyChapter 4. On the Border, Prelude to FranceChapter 5. The German Spring Offenses and the Allied DefensesChapter 6. St. Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne OffensesChapter 7. Soldiering in PeacetimeChapter 8. The New Police ChiefChapter 9. Walter Waters: Glassford's Friendly EnemyChapter 10. The Bonus Veterans ArriveChapter 11. The Anacostia Flats CampChapter 12. Painting the Bonus Army RedChapter 13. Pretext for ExpulsionChapter 14. No Good Deed Goes UnpunishedChapter 15. Whitewashing the ExpulsionChapter 16. AftermathChapter 17. Factories in the Field and Communists on the HorizonChapter 18. Sob Sisters and BusybodiesChapter 19. Ranching, Policing, and PoliticsChapter 20. The Later YearsAfterwordNotesReferences

"In admirably clear, direct, and lucid prose, Ferguson invites us to join him on a journey through Pelham Glassford's life and career. . . . Glassford has much to teach us about life, leadership, empathy, and integrity." - Rory McGovern, author of George W. Goethals and the Army: Change and Continuity in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era"General Pelham Glassford, a colorful and compassionate Army general, found himself charged with defusing some of the most dramatic protests of the 1930s. In both the Bonus Army March and the California farm labor strikes, Glassford demonstrated his concern for the underdog." - Kathryn S. Olmstead, author of Right Out of California: The 1930s and the Big Business Roots of Modern Conservatism