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Fighting for Hope: African American Troops of the 93rd Infantry Division in World War II and Postwar America
Robert F. Jefferson
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Description for Fighting for Hope: African American Troops of the 93rd Infantry Division in World War II and Postwar America
Hardback. Integrating social history and civil rights movement studies, Fighting for Hope examines the ways in which political meaning and identity were reflected in the aspirations of these black GIs and their role in transforming the face of America. Series: War/Society/Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, 11, 11 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; JFSL3; JPVH1; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
This fascinating history shows how African-American military men and women seized their dignity through barracks culture and community politics during and after World War II. Drawing on oral testimony, unpublished correspondence, archival records, memoirs, and diaries, Robert F. Jefferson explores the curious contradiction of war-effort idealism and entrenched discrimination through the experiences of the 93rd Infantry Division. Led by white officers and presumably unable to fight-and with the army taking great pains to regulate contact between black soldiers and local women-the division was largely relegated to support roles during the advance on the Philippines, seeing action only later in ... Read more
This fascinating history shows how African-American military men and women seized their dignity through barracks culture and community politics during and after World War II. Drawing on oral testimony, unpublished correspondence, archival records, memoirs, and diaries, Robert F. Jefferson explores the curious contradiction of war-effort idealism and entrenched discrimination through the experiences of the 93rd Infantry Division. Led by white officers and presumably unable to fight-and with the army taking great pains to regulate contact between black soldiers and local women-the division was largely relegated to support roles during the advance on the Philippines, seeing action only later in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Series
War/Society/Culture
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801888281
SKU
V9780801888281
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About Robert F. Jefferson
Robert F. Jefferson is an associate professor of history and director of the African American Studies Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Reviews for Fighting for Hope: African American Troops of the 93rd Infantry Division in World War II and Postwar America
An important and timely book, especially given the recent historic changes in the American political scene. World War II History 2009 Robert F. Jefferson provides a complex and nuanced-yet highly readable-account of the African American soldiers who served in the all-black and segregated U.S. Army's 93rd Infantry Division... A marvelous book.
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