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War! what is it good for? : Black freedom struggles and the U.S. military from World War II to Iraq
Title
War! what is it good for? : Black freedom struggles and the U.S. military from World War II to Iraq / Kimberley L. Phillips.
ISBN
9780807835029 (alk. paper)
0807835021 (alk. paper)
Published
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2012.
Physical Description
xi, 343 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Variant and related titles
Black freedom struggles and the U.S. military from World War II to Iraq
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 13, 2012
Series
The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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