LEADER 03856nam 2200745 a 450 001 9910461568803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4696-0229-6 010 $a0-8078-6908-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000139749 035 $a(EBL)830255 035 $a(OCoLC)769344368 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000571420 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11390493 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000571420 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10618752 035 $a(PQKB)10124632 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC830255 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4321972 035 $a(OCoLC)966756658 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse48573 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL830255 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10521876 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000139749 100 $a20110725d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWar! what is it good for?$b[electronic resource] $eblack freedom struggles and the U.S. military from World War II to Iraq /$fKimberley L. Phillips 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (360 p.) 225 1 $aJohn Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-4696-1389-1 311 $a0-8078-3502-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aWhere are the Negro soldiers? The Double V Campaign and the segregated military -- Jim Crow shock and the second front, 1945-1950 -- Glory on the battlefield: the Korean war, Cold War civil rights, and the paradox of Black military service -- Did the battlefield kill Jim Crow? Black freedom struggles, the Korean War, and the Cold War military -- Machine gun blues: Black America and the Vietnam War -- Sing no more of war: Black freedom struggles and antiwar activism, 1960-1973 -- An epilogue about the United States and wars in medias res. Live from the front lines: military policy and soldiers' rap from Iraq. 330 $aAfrican Americans' long campaign for ""the right to fight"" forced Harry Truman to issue his 1948 executive order calling for equality of treatment and opportunity in the armed forces. In War! What Is It Good For?, Kimberley Phillips examines how blacks' participation in the nation's wars after Truman's order and their protracted struggles for equal citizenship galvanized a vibrant antiwar activism that reshaped their struggles for freedom. Using an array of sources--from newspapers and government documents to literature, music, and film--and tracing the period from World War II 410 0$aJohn Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture. 606 $aAfrican American soldiers$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xAfrican Americans 606 $aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCivil rights movements$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xProtest movements$zUnited States 606 $aWar and society$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xArmed Forces$xAfrican Americans$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAfrican American soldiers$xHistory 615 0$aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xAfrican Americans. 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights$xHistory 615 0$aCivil rights movements$xHistory 615 0$aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xProtest movements 615 0$aWar and society$xHistory 676 $a355.0089/96073 700 $aPhillips$b Kimberley L$g(Kimberley Louise),$f1960-$01027985 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461568803321 996 $aWar! what is it good for$92443783 997 $aUNINA