Welcome to the Kids' Library!

Search for books, movies, music, magazines, and more.

Back to Search Results

Available items only

Previous Record Next Record

E-Book/E-Doc

Author

Phillips, Kimberley L. (Kimberley Louise), 1960-

Title War! what is it good for? [electronic resource] : black freedom struggles and the U.S. military from World War II to Iraq / Kimberley L. Phillips.

Imprint

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2012.

Connect to
Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xi, 343 p. : ill.
Series	John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
	John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Where are the Negro soldiers? The Double V Campaign and the segregated military -- Jim Crow shock and the second front, 1945-1950 -- Glory on the battlefield: the Korean war, Cold War civil rights, and the paradox of Black military service -- Did the battlefield kill Jim Crow? Black freedom struggles, the Korean War, and the Cold War military -- Machine gun blues: Black America and the Vietnam War -- Sing no more of war: Black freedom struggles and antiwar activism, 1960-1973 -- An epilogue about the United States and wars in medias res. Live from the front lines: military policy and soldiers' rap from Iraq.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	African American soldiers -- History -- 20th century.
	Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- African Americans.
	African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
	Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.
	War and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	United States -- Armed Forces -- African Americans -- History -- 20th century.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
Added Title	Black freedom struggles and the U.S. military from World War II to Iraq
ISBN	9780807835029 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	9780807869086 (electronic bk.)