Format:
1 online resource (469 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780807899359
Series Statement:
The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture Ser
Content:
Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Soldiers in the World War I Era.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION -- Part I: War -- 1 DEMOCRACY AT WAR: African Americans, Citizenship, and the Meanings of Military Service -- 2 THE "RACE QUESTION": The U.S. Government and the Training Experiences of African American Soldiers -- 3 THE HELL OF WAR: African American Soldiers in Labor and Combat -- 4 LES SOLDATS NOIRS: France, Black Military Service, and the Challenges of Internationalism and Diaspora -- Part II: Peace? -- 5 WAGING PEACE: The End of the War and the Hope of Democracy -- 6 THE WAR AT HOME: African American Veterans and Violence in the Long "Red Summer" -- 7 SOLDIERS TO "NEW NEGROES": African American Veterans and Postwar Racial Militancy -- 8 LEST WE FORGET: The War and African American Soldiers in History and Memory -- EPILOGUE -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Note:
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780807833940
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780807833940
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=605945
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