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008 970623s1998 mduaf b 001 0 eng
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100 1 $aMershon, Sherie.
245 10 $aFoxholes & color lines :$bdesegregating the U.S. Armed Forces /$cSherie Mershon and Steven Schlossman.
246 18 $aFoxholes and color lines
260 $aBaltimore, Md. :$bJohns Hopkins University Press,$c1998.
300 $axiii, 393 pages, [20] pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
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490 0 $aA RAND book
500 $a"A RAND book."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 371-379) and index.
505 0 $aMilitary policies toward Black troops prior to World War II -- Defense mobilization and entry into war, 1940-1942 -- Segregation in practice : Blacks in the Armed Forces during World War II -- The shortcomings of military racial policies during World War II -- Questioning assumptions and experimenting with alternatives to segregation, 1943-1945 -- Internal debate, reform, and stalemate, 1945-1948 -- President Truman and the adoption of Executive Order 9981 in 1948 -- The Fahy Committee and the implementation of military desegregation, 1948-1950 -- "There's no color line in a foxhole" : the Korean War and the formal completion of desegregation, 1950-1954 -- Continuity and change in military racial policies and practices, 1953-1961 -- The controversy over off-base discrimination against Black military personnel, 1961-1965 -- Conclusions.
520 $aProvides a history of racial integration in all branches of the U.S. armed forces, from Truman's Executive Order 9981 in 1948 through the Vietnam war. Reveals "the intense political conflict at the time and the strenuous opposition to racial integration."--Jacket.
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700 1 $aSchlossman, Steven L.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aMershon, Sherie.$tFoxholes & color lines.$dBaltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998$w(OCoLC)606938864
856 42 $3Book review (H-Net)$uhttp://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0b6m3-aa
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/jhu051/97027031.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/jhu052/97027031.html
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