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An American insurrection : the battle of Oxford, Mississippi, 1962

Title: An American insurrection : the battle of Oxford, Mississippi, 1962 / William Doyle.
Author: Doyle, William, 1957-
Publication: New York : Doubleday, [2001], ©2001.

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viii, 383 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

"An American Insurrection is the true story of the worst constitutional crisis since the Civil War and of a major turning point in American history.
It takes readers into the eye of the chaotic and ferocious white uprising that occurred when Air Force veteran James Meredith tried to become the first black student to register at the University of Mississippi, only to be physically blocked by radical segregationist Governor Ross Barnett, hundreds of state police, and thousands of student and civilian "volunteers" from across the South. The revolt climaxed in a fourteen-hour battle and the lightning invasion of the state by 30,000 combat troops ordered in by President John F.
Kennedy.".
"Based on years of research, including more than 500 interviews with witnesses and key players in the drama, recently unsealed FBI files, and on JFK's Oval Office and Cabinet Room tapes recorded during the crisis, An American Insurrection unearths the unsung heroes - and more than a few villains - of a dark and violent event that has remained buried in the historical shadows until now.
It is the account of a governor in rebellion, a president in crisis, soldiers on a perilous mission, a state sliding into civil war, and a battle that crushed forever the southern strategy of massive resistance."--BOOK JACKET.

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ISBN

0385499698

LCCN

2001028580

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Columbia University Libraries