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Divisions : a new history of racism and resistance in America's World War II military / Thomas A. Guglielmo.

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"Divisions examines racism and resistance in America's World War II military. The military built not one color line, but a complex tangle of them, involving every imaginable aspect of military life. Who served? Who fought? Who died? Who gave orders and who was forced to follow them? Who re...

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Main Author: Guglielmo, Thomas A. (Author)
Other title:New history of racism and resistance in America's World War II military.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, African American.
Discrimination in the military > United States > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > United States.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Hispanic American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Indian.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Asian American.
United States > Armed Forces > African Americans > History > 20th century.
United States > Armed Forces > Indian > History > 20th century.
United States > Armed Forces > Hispanic Americans > History > 20th century.
United States > Armed Forces > Asian Americans > History > 20th century.
Armed Forces > African Americans.
Discrimination in the military.
Military participation > African American.
Military participation > Indian.
Social aspects.
United States.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • The Jim Crow Boomerang
  • Enlisting and Excluding an "Enemy Race"
  • The Backbone of Segregation
  • Separate Segregations
  • The Boundaries of Blackness
  • Jim Crow in Uniform
  • Bonds and Barriers
  • Deploying Jim Crow
  • Brothers in Arms?

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