Fighting for Hope : African American Troops of the 93rd Infantry Division in World War II and Postwar America

Fighting for Hope African American Troops of the 93rd Infantry Division in World War II and Postwar America

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jefferson, Robert F., 1963- (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press 2008.
Series:War, society, culture.
Subjects:
United States. > Army > African American troops.
United States. > Army. > Division, 93rd.
African Americans > Social conditions > To 1964.
African American soldiers > Social conditions > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Veterans > United States > Social conditions.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Oceania.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, African American.
United States > Social conditions > 20th century.
Electronic books.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009423010106719
Table of Contents:
  • The Great Depression and African American youth culture
  • Why should I fight? Black morale and War Department racial policy
  • Of sage and sand : Fort Huachuca and the U.S. 93rd Infantry Division
  • Service families on the move
  • War maneuvers and Black division personnel
  • War, race, and rumor under the Southern Cross
  • Relative security in the southwest Pacific
  • Epilogue: Black 93rd Division veterans and former service families after World War II.

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