Race in the Crucible of War
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African American soldier accounts
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Black masculinity in combat
Black Power
Black soldiers in Vietnam
Black troops in combat
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Brigadier General Frederick E. Davison
Brothers in Arms
but We'll Shoot the White Guy
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I Thought of My Own People Back Home
identity formation in war
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intersection of war and protest
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Jeremey Maxwell
Kerner Commission's conclusion
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Lawrence Allen Eldridge
legacy of Vietnam for Black Americans
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Manhood
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Product details
- ISBN 9781625346834
- Weight: 363g
- Dimensions: 155 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 27 Jan 2023
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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When African American servicemen went to fight in the Vietnam War, discrimination and prejudice followed them. Even in a faraway country, their military experiences were shaped by the racial environment of the home front. War is often viewed as a crucible that can transform society, but American race relations proved remarkably durable.
In Race in the Crucible of War, Gerald F. Goodwin examines how Black servicemen experienced and interpreted racial issues during their time in Vietnam. Drawing on more than fifty new oral interviews and significant archival research, as well as newspapers, periodicals, memoirs, and documentaries, Goodwin reveals that for many African Americans the front line and the home front were two sides of the same coin. Serving during the same period as the civil rights movement and the race riots in Chicago, Detroit, and dozens of other American cities, these men increasingly connected the racism that they encountered in the barracks and on the battlefields with the tensions and violence that were simmering back home.
