Phillips, Kimberley L. 1960-

War! what is it good for? black freedom struggles and the U.S. military from World War II to Iraq / [electronic resource] : Black freedom struggles and the U.S. military from World War II to Iraq Kimberley L. Phillips. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2012. - xi, 343 p. : ill. - John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture . - John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction.
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2013.
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African American soldiers--History--20th century.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--African Americans.
African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.
Civil rights movements--History--United States--20th century.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States.
War and society--History--United States--20th century.


United States--Armed Forces--African Americans--History--20th century.


Electronic books.

UB418.A47 / P45 2012eb

355.0089/96073

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