LEADER 05646nam 22011415 450 001 996571858703316 005 20240516125543.0 010 $a0-8147-7297-8 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814772973 035 $a(CKB)1000000000522493 035 $a(EBL)865885 035 $a(OCoLC)784884474 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000164453 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11164753 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000164453 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10124310 035 $a(PQKB)11138236 035 $a(DE-B1597)546846 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814772973 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865885 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000522493 100 $a20200723h20062006 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe good fight continues $eWorld War II letters from the Abraham Lincoln Brigade /$fPeter N. Carroll, Michael Nash, Melvin Small 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cNew York University Press,$d[2006] 210 4$dİ2006 215 $a1 online resource (305 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8147-1659-8 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIllustrations --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$tChapter 1: Before Pearl Harbor --$tChapter 2: At War with the Army --$tChapter 3: Problems in Red and Black --$tChapter 4: In the Combat Theaters --$tChapter 5: Premature Antifascists and the Postwar World --$tAppendix : Biographical Index of Letter Writers --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tAbout the Editors 330 $aWritten with passion and intelligence, the letters of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in World War II express the raw idealism of anti-fascist soldiers who experienced the war in boot camps, cockpits, and foxholes, but never lost sight of the great global issues at stake. When the United States entered World War II on December 7, 1941, only one group of American soldiers had already confronted the fascist enemy on the battlefield: the U.S. veterans of the Lincoln Brigade, a volunteer army of about 2,800 men and women who had enlisted to defend the Spanish Republic from military rebels during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). They fought on the losing side. After Pearl Harbor, Lincoln Brigade veterans enthusiastically joined the U.S. Army, welcoming this second chance to fight against fascism. However, the Lincoln recruits soon encountered suspicious military leaders who questioned their patriotism and denied them promotions and overseas assignments, foreshadowing the political persecution of the postwar Red Scare. African American veterans who fought in fully integrated units in Spain, faced second-class treatment in America's Jim Crow army. Nevertheless, the Lincolns served with distinction in every theater of the war and won a disproportionate number of medals for courage, dedication, and sacrifice. The 154 letters in this volume, selected from thousands held in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives at NYU?s Tamiment Library, provide a new and unique perspective on aspects of World War II. 606 $aAnti-fascist movements$xUnited States$zHistory$z20th century 606 $aSoldiers$xUnited States$zCorrespondence 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, African American 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$vPersonal narratives, American 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xPublic opinion 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zUnited States 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xPublic opinion$y20th century$zUnited States$vPersonal narratives, American 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, African American$zUnited States$vCorrespondence 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xHistory$zUnited States 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945 606 $aAnti-fascist movements 606 $aSoldiers 607 $aSpain$xHistory$xCivil War, 1936-1939$zVeterans$xCorrespondence 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1933-1945 610 $aAbraham. 610 $aBrigade. 610 $aLincoln. 610 $aWorld. 610 $aWritten. 610 $aanti-fascist. 610 $aboot. 610 $acamps. 610 $acockpits. 610 $aexperienced. 610 $aexpress. 610 $afoxholes. 610 $aglobal. 610 $agreat. 610 $aidealism. 610 $aintelligence. 610 $aissues. 610 $aletters. 610 $alost. 610 $anever. 610 $apassion. 610 $asight. 610 $asoldiers. 610 $astake. 610 $awith. 615 0$aAnti-fascist movements$xUnited States 615 0$aSoldiers$xUnited States 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, African American. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xPublic opinion. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xPublic opinion 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, African American 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xHistory 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 615 0$aAnti-fascist movements 615 0$aSoldiers 676 $a940.540973 702 $aCarroll$b Peter N.$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $aNash$b Michael$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $aSmall$b Melvin$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 712 02$aAbraham Lincoln Brigade Archives 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996571858703316 996 $aThe good fight continues$93670653 997 $aUNISA