volume 1, chapter 1. Introduction to veterans' studies / Louis Hicks, Eugenia L. Weiss, and Jose E. Coll. chapter 2. Characteristics of veterans and nonveterans within 20th-century cohorts in the United States / Janet M. Wilmoth and Andrew S. London. chapter 3. The transition from active duty / Daniel Kester and Maureen P. Phillips. chapter 4. TAPped out : a study of the Department of Defense's transition assistance program / Colleen M. Heflin, Leslie B. Hodges, and Andrew S. London. chapter 5. The VA and the grass roots / Colin D. Moore. chapter 6. The job training of veterans / Bruce D. McDonald III [and three others]. chapter 7. Veterans in higher education / Michael A. Grandillo and John W.M. Magee. chapter 8. Veteran employment in the 21st century / Hazel R. Atuel [and four others]. chapter 9. Veterans and civic engagement / Fred P. Stone. chapter 10. Veterans as entrepreneurs / Elizabeth A. Osborn and Louis Hicks. chapter 11. Veterans as private security contractors / Alison Hawks. chapter 12. The preferential hiring of military veterans in the United States / Tim Johnson. chapter 13. The retirement patterns and socioeconomic status of aging veterans, 1995-2014 / Christopher R. Tamborini, Patrick Purcell, and Anya Olsen. chapter 14. Military expatriates : U.S. veterans living abroad / Yvonne McNulty [and three others]. chapter 15. Veterans' families / Jasmine Strode-Elfant [and three others]
volume 2, chapter 16. Veterans' health / Lisa Leitz. chapter 17. The mental health of veterans / Kristi L. Mueller and Jeffrey S. Yarvis. chapter 18. The roles of veteran peers in mental health recovery during transition from military to civilian life / Elisa V. Borah and Stacey Stevens Manser. chapter 19. Veterans as the media portray them / Gregory Gross and Eugenia L. Weiss. chapter 20. Veterans in the criminal justice system / Evan R. Seamone and David L. Albright. chapter 21. Veterans and their firearms / Daniel Burland. chapter 22. Suicide among veterans / Wilbur J. Scott. chapter 23. Women as veterans / Molly Clever and Kelly L. Fisher. chapter 24. What do we know about veteran status differences in social attitudes? / Andrew S. London, Janet M. Wilmoth, and Cassie Dutton. chapter 25. Religion and spirituality in the veteran life course / Michelle Sandhoff. chapter 26. Immigrants as veterans / Gina Jackson, Jose E. Coll, and Eugenia L. Weiss. chapter 27. Military and wartime experiences of racial and ethnic minority veterans / Nikki R. Wooten, Shanada R. Adams, and Carleigh A. Davis. chapter 28. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender veterans / Kristen Kavanaugh. chapter 29. Housing veterans : homelessness and mortgages / Amy Kate Bailey, Christopher D. Poulos, and Kylee M. Joosten. chapter 30. Veterans' expeditions : tapping the great outdoors / Demond Mullins.