Books by Betty L. Alt

Falling for a scam or con is humiliating for anyone, and can have terrible consequences. Here, Alt and Wells describe the most common scams, offer the stories of actual victims, and detail ways to protect yourself and your family from becoming easy targets. What makes the elderly such easy marks for con artists?

Based on personal interviews with military spouses, as well as current articles and statistics and studies from the Department of Defense and Rand National Defense Research Institute, this book provides an objective look at America's military family in the 21st century, and explains how the military is attempting to improve family life.

A collection of memoirs, diaries, letters and interviews presenting a history of the military wife from the Revolutionary War tho the post-Vietnam years. It considers both the traditional and modern roles of the military wife, including her place as second in line to her husband's career.