War! what is it good for? : Black freedom struggles and the U.S. military from World War II to Iraq /
Black freedom struggles and the U.S. military from World War II to Iraq
Kimberley L. Phillips.
- 1st ed.
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2012.
- 343 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-337) and index.
Where are the Negro soldiers? The Double V Campaign and the segregated military -- Jim Crow shock and the second front, 1945-1950 -- Glory on the battlefield: the Korean war, Cold War civil rights, and the paradox of Black military service -- Did the battlefield kill Jim Crow? Black freedom struggles, the Korean War, and the Cold War military -- Machine gun blues: Black America and the Vietnam War -- Sing no more of war: Black freedom struggles and antiwar activism, 1960-1973 -- An epilogue about the United States and wars in medias res. Live from the front lines: military policy and soldiers' rap from Iraq.
9780807835029 (alk. paper)
2011031531
African American soldiers--History--20th century. Vietnam War, 1961-1975--African Americans. African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century. Civil rights movements--History--United States--20th century. Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States. War and society--History--United States--20th century.
United States--Armed Forces--African Americans--History--20th century.