Research Catalog

Title

The history of African-Americans in the military : Double V / Gary Donaldson.

Author

Donaldson, Gary.

Publication

Malabar, Fla. : Krieger Pub. Co., 1991.

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Details

Description

x, 182 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

Designed as a small, easily read text for undergraduates, this book deals with the black soldier, from the use of slaves in the military units of the Spanish Conquistadores and the English and Dutch colonists in the seventeenth century, to the induction of General Colin Powell as head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the fall of 1989. The work focuses on a number of themes including the irony of the black soldier fighting for the American concepts of freedom and liberty on the field of battle and not free himself from the racial abuses of the American social system. Intended as a supplemental reading, this book is ideal for military history courses, black history courses, or even United States survey courses.

Subject

United States > Armed Forces > African Americans > History

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Slavery, war, and the origins of patterns and stereotypes in the American colonial period -- Irony and America's fight for independence: African-Americans in the American Revolution -- In the Navy and at New Orleans: the black soldier and the War of 1812 -- Free at last: the African-American soldier and the fight for freedom in the Civil War -- The origins of hate: black soldiers during reconstruction -- Bad duty: the black soldier and the Indian campaign (186601890) -- The African-American soldier in the Spanish-American War and after -- The military as a reflection of a racist society: the black soldier in World War I -- Gains and losses in the interwar period: 1919-1941 -- World War II and a change in the Army's attitude toward race -- Finally, results! integration of the armed forces in postwar years -- The black soldier in the Korean War and a furthering of the integration process -- War, race and cannon fodder: the black soldier in Vietnam -- The all-volunteer force in the post-Vietnam era.

ISBN

0894645145 (acid free paper)

LCCN

^^^90047543^

OCLC

• 22381284
• SCSB-12071628

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library