The Cold War and the Color Line: American Race Relations in the Global Arena

by Thomas Borstelmann

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After World War II the United States faced two preeminent challenges: how to administer its responsibilities abroad as the world's strongest power, and how to manage the rising movement at home for racial justice and civil rights. The effort to contain the growing influence of the Soviet Union resulted in the Cold War, a conflict that emphasized the American commitment to freedom. The absence of that freedom for nonwhite American citizens confronted...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0674012380

ISBN13:9780674012387

Release Date:September 2003

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:384 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.2" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

20th Century African-American Studies Geography Globalization History International Relations Minority Studies Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Political Science Politics & Government

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