Soldiers of freedom : an illustrated history of African Americans in the Armed Forces /
Kai Wright.
- New York : Black Dog & Leventhal, 2002.
- ix, 294 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 289) and index.
Choosing sides: the Revolutionary War era -- Wars of a young nation: slave uprisings and the War of 1812 -- If we make him a soldier, we concede the whole question: the Civil War -- Buffalo Soldiers: westward expansion and empire building -- Soldiers in search of an army: The World War I era -- Eleanor's niggers: World War II -- The highest standards of democracy: Korea and the Cold War -- I ain't got no quarrel with them Vietcong: Vietnam and its aftermath -- A new beginning: the modern military.
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