War! What Is It Good For? Black Freedom Struggles and the U. S. Military from World War II to Iraq

Name: War! What Is It Good For? Black Freedom Struggles and the U. S. Military from World War II to Iraq
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ISBN: 9781469613895

ISBN-10: 1469613891

ISBN-13: 9781469613895

Edition: 2014

Authors: Kimberley Phillips Boehm

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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 galvanized 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…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 2/1/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.132
Language: English

Kimberley L. Phillips is dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and professor of history at Brooklyn College, City University of New York.Kimberley L. Phillips is dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and professor of history at Brooklyn College, City University of New York.