<p><span>By the end of World War II, many black citizens viewed service in the segregated American armed forces with distaste if not disgust. Meanwhile, domestic racism and Jim Crow, ongoing Asian struggles against European colonialism, and prewar calls for Afro-Asian solidarity had generated consid
Black Yanks in the Pacific: Race in the Making of American Military Empire after World War II
โ Scribed by Michael Cullen Green
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 220
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
By the end of World War II, many black citizens viewed service in the segregated American armed forces with distaste if not disgust. Meanwhile, domestic racism and Jim Crow, ongoing Asian struggles against European colonialism, and prewar calls for...
โฆ Table of Contents
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction. Everyday Racial Politics in a Military Empire
Chapter 1. Reconversion Blues and the Appeal of (Re)Enlistment
Chapter 2. The American Dream in a Prostrate Japan
Chapter 3. The Public Politics of Intimate Affairs
Chapter 4. A Brown Baby Crisis
Chapter 5. The Race of Combat in Korea
Epilogue. Military Desegregation in a Militarized World
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
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As an undergraduate student of the University of Arkansas Fort Smith, and the daughter of a a World War II veteran, who was a member of the 27th Infantry of the United States Army, I am using this publication as one of my primary sources [of printed information] I need to complete my graduation requ