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War! What Is It Good For?

Black Freedom Struggles and the U. S. Military from World War II to Iraq

War! What Is It Good For?( )
Author: Boehm, Kimberley Phillips
Series title:The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture Ser.
ISBN:978-0-8078-6908-6
Publication Date:Jan 2012
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Book Format:Ebook
List Price:USD $19.99
Book Description:

African Americans' long campaign for "the right to fight" forced Harry Truman to issue his 1948 executive order calling for equality of treatment and opportunity in the armed forces. In War! What Is It Good For?, Kimberley Phillips examines how blacks' participation in the nation's wars after Truman's order and their protracted struggles for equal citizenship galvanized a vibrant antiwar activism that reshaped their struggles for freedom. Using an...
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