The African American Experience in Vietnam: Brothers in Arms

by James E. Westheider

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In this book James E. Westheider explores the social and professional paradoxes facing African-American soldiers in Vietnam. Service in the military started as a demonstration of the merits of integration as blacks competed with whites on a near equal basis for the first time. Yet as the war in Vietnam progressed, many black recruits felt isolated and threatened in an institution controlled almost totally by whites. Consequently, many blacks no longer...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0742545326

ISBN13:9780742545328

Release Date:July 2007

Publisher:Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury

Length:200 Pages

Weight:0.25 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 8.9"

Related Subjects

African-American Studies Asia History Military Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics Textbooks Vietnam War World

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