Russ Cousins, a Navy veteran who served during the Vietnam War, has been fighting a different kind of battle for years — the battle for recognition and support from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

AAPGMAIN copy Purchased from the Arts Libraries Endowment. A Rift in the Earth tells the remarkable story of the ferocious "art war" that raged between 1979 and 1984 over what kind of memorial should ...