An Army Afire: How the US Army Confronted Its Racial Crisis in the Vietnam Era
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By the late 1960s, 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 1968, a group of Black soldiers seized control of the infamous Long Binh Jail, burned buildings, and beat a white inmate to death with a shovel. The days of "same mud, same blood" were over, and a new generation of Black GIs...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1469673266
ISBN13:9781469673264
Release Date:May 2023
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Length:360 Pages
Weight:1.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.9" x 9.1"
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