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Fighting for hope : African American troops of the 93rd Infantry Division in World War II and postwar America
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Fighting for hope : African American troops of the 93rd Infantry Division in World War II and postwar America / Robert F. Jefferson.
ISBN
9780801888281 (hbk. : alk. paper)
080188828X (hbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
Physical Description
xv, 321 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 17, 2009
Series
War/society/culture
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-307) and index.
Contents
The Great Depression and African American youth culture
Why should I fight? Black morale and War Department racial policy
Of sage and sand : Fort Huachuca and the U.S. 93rd Infantry Division
Service families on the move
War maneuvers and Black division personnel
War, race, and rumor under the Southern Cross
Relative security in the southwest Pacific
Epilogue: Black 93rd Division veterans and former service families after World War II.
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