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The right to fight : a history of African Americans in the military / Gerald Astor.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Novato, CA : Presidio, �1998.Description: x, 529 p : ill ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0891416323
  • 9780891416326
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Right to fight.; Online version:: Right to fight.LOC classification:
  • UB418.A47 As8
Contents:
1. The Long Voyage -- 2. The Struggle Begins -- 3. The Civil War -- 4. The Buffalo Soldiers -- 5. The War with Spain -- 6. New Beginnings and Brownsville, Texas -- 7. Navy White, Pancho Villa, and Houston -- 8. World War I -- 9. Between the Wars -- 10. The Coming of World War II -- 11. Command and Control -- 12. Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors, and Marines -- 13. Combat and Other Battles -- 14. Forward Movement and Reversals -- 15. The End of the War and Return to the Past -- 16. Postmortems and Pullbacks -- 17. The Walls Begin to Tumble -- 18. Korea -- 19. Integration Begins -- 20. Policy and People -- 21. Vietnam -- 22. Rough Seas, Turbulent Air -- 23. Shifting Sands, Settling Down -- 24. After-Action Critique.
Summary: Describes the role of African Americans in the military from the Boston Massacre to the present day.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 518-520) and index.

1. The Long Voyage -- 2. The Struggle Begins -- 3. The Civil War -- 4. The Buffalo Soldiers -- 5. The War with Spain -- 6. New Beginnings and Brownsville, Texas -- 7. Navy White, Pancho Villa, and Houston -- 8. World War I -- 9. Between the Wars -- 10. The Coming of World War II -- 11. Command and Control -- 12. Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors, and Marines -- 13. Combat and Other Battles -- 14. Forward Movement and Reversals -- 15. The End of the War and Return to the Past -- 16. Postmortems and Pullbacks -- 17. The Walls Begin to Tumble -- 18. Korea -- 19. Integration Begins -- 20. Policy and People -- 21. Vietnam -- 22. Rough Seas, Turbulent Air -- 23. Shifting Sands, Settling Down -- 24. After-Action Critique.

Describes the role of African Americans in the military from the Boston Massacre to the present day.

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