Professor of Sociology Louis Hicks was the lead editor of “The Civilian Lives of U.S. Veterans: Issues and Identities” which earned a star review in the March, 2017 edition of Library Journal.
“The Civilian Lives of U.S. Veterans: Issues and Identities” looks at life after the military, considering the dual conundrum of a population benefiting from the perks of their duty, yet continuing to deal with trauma resulting from their service, and of former servicemen and servicewomen trying to fit into civilian life – in a system designed to keep them separate. Through two comprehensive volumes, essays shed light on more than 30 topics involving or affecting former servicemen and servicewomen, offering a blueprint for the formal study of U.S. veterans in the future.
“Unlike the myriad books on how veterans can access their military benefits, successfully reenter the civilian college or workforce, redeploy, or cope with post-traumatic stress disorder, this work takes a research-based approach that sociologists, social scientists, and social policy makers will appreciate,” the review states.