Hopeless and helpless are feelings that accompany fear and anxiety. We as a nation have been experiencing these emotions for all too long now. In the pages of "Special Welfare . Social Warfare" LaGrave shares information gained over decades of observations. Presented is knowledge on each living generation, a total of five, along with their strengths and weaknesses. But most of all LaGrave speaks to a generation of our young people. To them he makes a promise, for them he leaves a gift. That gift is a program that will offer essential facts as they transition from adolescence to adulthood. In short order, we as a nation are going to face a crisis, one profound in its effect on each individual American. United we stand, divided we fall.