The Story of Black Military Officers, 1861-1948, Salter Krewasky

Автор: Phillips Kimberley L.
Название: War! What Is It Good For?: Black Freedom Struggles and the U.S. Military from World War II to Iraq
ISBN: 1469613891 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781469613895
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: African Americans' long campaign for ""the right to fight"" forced Harry Truman to issue his 1948 executive order calling for equality of treatment and opportunity in the armed forces. In War! What Is It Good For?, Kimberley Phillips examines how blacks' participation in the nation's wars after Truman's order and their protracted struggles for equal citizenship galvanised a vibrant antiwar activism that reshaped their struggles for freedom. Using an array of sources--from newspapers and government documents to literature, music, and film--and tracing the period from World War II to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, Phillips considers how federal policies that desegregated the military also maintained racial, gender, and economic inequalities. Since 1945, the nation's need for military labour, blacks' unequal access to employment, and discriminatory draft policies have forced black men into the military at disproportionate rates. While mainstream civil rights leaders considered the integration of the military to be a civil rights success, many black soldiers, veterans, and antiwar activists perceived war as inimical to their struggles for economic and racial justice and sought to reshape the civil rights movement into an antiwar black freedom movement. Since the Vietnam War, Phillips argues, many African Americans have questioned linking militarism and war to their concepts of citizenship, equality, and freedom.

Автор: Black Jeremy
Название: Beyond the Military Revolution
ISBN: 0230251560 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780230251564
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: The 17th century has been seen as a period of 'crisis' or transition from the pre-modern to the modern world. Jeremy Black explores this crucial period in world history from the perspective of war and military institutions. Genuinely global in range, the book engages with and challenges the idea of a 'military revolution'.

Автор: Davis Deborah
Название: Party of the Century: The Fabulous Story of Truman Capote and His Black-And-White Ball
ISBN: 047009821X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780470098219
Издательство: Wiley
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Описание: In 1966, everyone who was anyone wanted an invitation to Truman Capote`s "Black and White Dance" in New York, and guests included Frank Sinatra, Norman Mailer, and others. Illustrated with photographs and drawings of the guests, this work is for those interested in American popular culture and the lifestyles of the rich, famous, and talented.