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Author McCoy, Cameron D. (Cameron Demetrius), author.

Title Contested valor : African American Marines in the age of power, protest, and tokenism / Cameron D. McCoy.

Publication Info. Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2023]
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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  359.96 M137c 2023    New Books Axe 1st Floor  Available
Description xxi, 350 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations, map (black and white) ; 24 cm.
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Series Studies in civil-military relations
Studies in civil-military relations.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents "Mr. President, what of the Marines?" -- "Bloods" and the "White Man's Folly."
Summary "Contested Valor is an examination of the use and status of black Marines in service during the Cold War era. It is about how these men experienced contested military integration, as well as multiple forms of institutional and social opposition, which called their humanity, manhood, and rights to full citizenship into question. Efforts to undermine their service compromised their right to be counted among the elite and sidelined their story to the fringes of Marine Corps and American history. It also explores the creation of these organizational policies designed to minimize their footprint as U.S. Marines until the social experiment of military integration faded and illustrates the discriminatory practices that further delegitimized their wartime reputation. Cameron McCoy describes the factors and pressures leading to the racial turbulence that surfaced in the Marine Corps from the end of World War II through Vietnam, and the measures taken by civilian and Marine officials to maintain and restore organizational integrity based on a foundation of white supremacy. McCoy examines the psychological effects of institutionalized racism on African American Marines during the Vietnam era and the emergence of a new generation of blacks unwilling to submit to the traditions of a Jim Crow Marine Corps. By exploring the realities American society created about black Marines, this work calls attention to the diverse ways in which these men coped within a strict prejudiced organization and found greater purpose as U.S. Marines despite an embattled image"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject United States. Marine Corps -- African Americans -- History -- 20th century.
Montford Point Camp (Camp Lejeune, N.C.)
Race discrimination -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Sociology, Military -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States. Marine Corps (OCoLC)fst00528845
Armed Forces -- African Americans (OCoLC)fst01351729
Race discrimination (OCoLC)fst01086465
Race relations (OCoLC)fst01086509
Sociology, Military (OCoLC)fst01123942
United States (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form History (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Title African American Marines in the age of power, protest, and tokenism
ISBN 9780700635771 hardcover
0700635777 hardcover
9780700635788 paperback
0700635785 paperback
9780700635795 electronic book

 
    
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