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The Tuskegee Airmen & Beyond
David G. Styles
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Description for The Tuskegee Airmen & Beyond
Hardcover. By studying military enrollment and conflict, this book traces the story of the African American quest for freedom and liberty from the days of the Revolutionary War to the 21st Century. Num Pages: 304 pages, Colour & mono throughout. BIC Classification: HBWQ; JPVH; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 209 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1130.
It follows the earliest struggle for liberty from slavery,when some 200,000 African American slaves and freemen fought on both sides in return for the promise of freedom. Some, but pitifully few, did achieve their freedom, though most returned to the lot that had been dealt to them by their owners and the abolition of slavery did not give them equality. The Spanish American War was followed twenty years later by the "GreatWar" - the war to endall wars, where over three hundred African American soldiers were awarded the Croix deGuerre, France's highest award for valor, yet only ... Read more
It follows the earliest struggle for liberty from slavery,when some 200,000 African American slaves and freemen fought on both sides in return for the promise of freedom. Some, but pitifully few, did achieve their freedom, though most returned to the lot that had been dealt to them by their owners and the abolition of slavery did not give them equality. The Spanish American War was followed twenty years later by the "GreatWar" - the war to endall wars, where over three hundred African American soldiers were awarded the Croix deGuerre, France's highest award for valor, yet only ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Dalton Watson Fine Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
295
Place of Publication
Loughborough, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781854432582
SKU
V9781854432582
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About David G. Styles
Dr.David Styles is a published Aviation-Automotive historian with twenty-one books to his credit and over thirty international awards for his writing over thirty years. His first book, a 504-page automotive volume and a Dalton Watson title still in print, won him an international award from the United States in 1983. His most recent book, Two Flights to Victory was published ... Read more
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