War! what is it good for? : black freedom struggles and the U.S. military from World War II to Iraq /
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Published: |
University of North Carolina Press,
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Publisher Address: | Chapel Hill : |
Publication Dates: |
2012. ©2012 |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture. |
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Carrier Form: | xi, 343 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9780807835029 (alk. paper) : 0807835021 (alk. paper) |
Index Number: | UB418 |
CLC: | E712.9 |
Call Number: | E712.9/P561 |
Contents: | 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. |