Race in the crucible of war: African American servicemen and the war in Vietnam
"When African American servicemen went to fight in the Vietnam War, discrimination and prejudice followed them. Even in a faraway country, their military experiences were shaped by the racial environment of the home front. War is often viewed as a crucible that can transform society, but Americ...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "When African American servicemen went to fight in the Vietnam War, discrimination and prejudice followed them. Even in a faraway country, their military experiences were shaped by the racial environment of the home front. War is often viewed as a crucible that can transform society, but American race relations proved remarkably durable. In Race in the Crucible of War, Gerald F. Goodwin examines how Black servicemen experienced and interpreted racial issues during their time in Vietnam. Drawing on more than fifty new oral interviews and significant archival research, as well as newspapers, periodicals, memoirs, and documentaries, Goodwin reveals that for many African Americans the front line and the home front were two sides of the same coin. Serving during the same period as the civil rights movement and the race riots in Chicago, Detroit, and dozens of other American cities, these men increasingly connected the racism that they encountered in the barracks and on the battlefields with the tensions and violence that were simmering back home"-- |
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Contents Acknowledgments ix Author's Note xiii Introduction CHAPTER 1 “We Was Just Us" De-Racialization on the Front Lines of the Vietnam War 11 CHAPTER 2 “Brothers as Many Brothers as They Can Find” Prejudice, Discrimination, and Death in Vietnam 44 CHAPTER 3 “Tearing the Services Apart” Račiai Violence and the Other War in Vietnam 8i vii
viii CONTENTS CHAPTER 4 "I Thought of My Own People Back Home” African American Servicemen and Vietnamese Civilians 124 CHAPTER 5 ‘You and Me—Same Same” and “They Called Me ‘Monkey’” Conflicting African American Views of Vietnamese CiviUans 152 CHAPTER 6 “We Won't Shoot You, but We'll Shoot the White Guy” African American Views of Vietnamese Communist Forces 174 CHAPTER 7 “I Had Left One War and Come Back to Another” African Americans Return Home 202 Conclusion 222 Notes 229 Index 269 |
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Contents Acknowledgments ix Author's Note xiii Introduction CHAPTER 1 “We Was Just Us" De-Racialization on the Front Lines of the Vietnam War 11 CHAPTER 2 “Brothers as Many Brothers as They Can Find” Prejudice, Discrimination, and Death in Vietnam 44 CHAPTER 3 “Tearing the Services Apart” Račiai Violence and the Other War in Vietnam 8i vii
viii CONTENTS CHAPTER 4 "I Thought of My Own People Back Home” African American Servicemen and Vietnamese Civilians 124 CHAPTER 5 ‘You and Me—Same Same” and “They Called Me ‘Monkey’” Conflicting African American Views of Vietnamese CiviUans 152 CHAPTER 6 “We Won't Shoot You, but We'll Shoot the White Guy” African American Views of Vietnamese Communist Forces 174 CHAPTER 7 “I Had Left One War and Come Back to Another” African Americans Return Home 202 Conclusion 222 Notes 229 Index 269 |
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