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developed in military? What role did military play in governmental projects to improve
people’s health? What relationship developed between military and the progressive
officials, such as those in the Social Security Administration? How did Army Ministry
and the governmental officials link health issues with the war’s duration, depth of
mobilization, and casualties? No one has asked these questions in explaining the
development of American health insurance policy. This perspective will give a fresh
perspective to students in American Political Development (APD). Ira Katznelson writes,
“APD has continued to pay nearly exclusive attention to domestic institutions.”
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War is
tragedy for all human beings, but it is also a reality that a state’s involvement in war
promotes the development of health policies and institutions.
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Poen, Harry S. Truman Versus the Medical Lobby, 49-50.
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Ira Katznelson, “Rewriting the Epic of America,” in Ira Katznelson and Martin Shefter eds., Shaped by
War and Trade: International Influences on American Political Development (Princeton, New Jersey:
Princeton University Press, 2002), 7.