Format:
1 Online-Ressource (350 p)
ISBN:
9780801888281
Series Statement:
War / Society/Culture
Content:
Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Recasting the African American Experience in World War II -- PART I: THE CRUCIBLE -- 1 The Great Depression and African American Youth Culture -- 2 Why Should I Fight? Black Morale and War Department Racial Policy -- 3 Of Sage and Sand: Fort Huachuca and the U.S. 93rd Infantry Division -- PART II: THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE HOLDS THE SHIELD -- 4 Service Families on the Move -- 5 War Maneuvers and Black Division Personnel -- PART III: RACE AND SEX MATTER IN THE PACIFIC
Content:
6 War, Race, and Rumor under the Southern Cross -- 7 Relative Security in the Southwest Pacific -- Epilogue: Black 93rd Division Veterans and Former Service Families after World War II -- Notes -- Essay on Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Illustrations
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781421403090
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780801888281
Additional Edition:
Print version Jefferson, Robert F Fighting for Hope : African American Troops of the 93rd Infantry Division in World War II and Postwar America Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,c2010
Language:
English
Keywords:
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