An Army Afire : How the US Army Confronted Its Racial Crisis in the Vietnam Era /

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"By the Tet Offensive in early 1968, what had been widely heralded as the best qualified, best-trained army in US history was descending into crisis as the Vietnam War raged without end. Morale was tanking. AWOL rates were rising. And in August of that year, a group of Black soldiers seized con...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bailey, Beth L., 1957- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2023]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
United States. > Army > African American troops > History > 20th century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies.
HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Vietnam War.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
African American soldiers > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
Discrimination in the military > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A tactic of silence
  • Same mud, same blood
  • Defining the problem
  • Leadership
  • Education and training
  • Culture and identity
  • Off-post discrimination
  • Military justice
  • Affirmative actions.

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