The unknown soldiers : African-American troops in World War I
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The unknown soldiers : African-American troops in World War I
Da Capo Press, 1996
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Originally published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1974
"This Da Capo Press paperback edition of The unknown soldiers is an unabridged republication of the edition first published in Philadelphia in 1974, here supplemented with a new introduction by Bernard C. Nalty" -- t.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-270) and index
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内容説明
During World War I 370,000 African Americans laboured, fought, and died to make the world safe for a democracy that refused them equal citizenship at home. The irony was made more bitter as black troops struggled with the racist policies of the American military itself. The overwhelming majority were assigned to labour companies those selected for combat were under-trained, poorly equipped, ad commanded by white officers who insisted on black inferiority. Still, African Americans performed admirably under fire: the 369th Infantry regiment was in continuous combat loner than any other American unit, and was the first Allied regiment to cross the Rhine in the offensive against Germany. The Unknown Soldiers , the only full-scale examination of the subject, chronicles the rigid segregation the limited opportunities for advancement the inadequate training, food, medical attention, housing, and clothing the verbal harassment and physical abuse, including lynchings the ingratitude, unemployment, and unprecedented racial violence that greeted their return. The Unknown Soldiers is an unforgettable, searing study of those wartime experiences that forced African Americans to realize that equality and justice could never be earned in Jim Crow America, but only wrested from its strangling grip.
目次
- * Introduction by Bernard C. Nalty
- Foreword by Burghardt Turner * Who Was the Black American of World War I? * Violence in the Summer, 1917 * Choosing and Using Black Draftees * The Problem of the Black Officer * Two Black Fighting Outfits * Laborers in Uniform * The 93rd Division in France * The 92nd Division in France * After the Armistice * Home? * Appendix: Disposal of the Colored Drafted Men
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