Integrating the US Military

Integrating the US Military
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Publisher : JHU Press
Total Pages : 263
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ISBN-10 : 9781421422473
ISBN-13 : 1421422476
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis Integrating the US Military by : Douglas Walter Bristol

"Integrating the US Military is an edited collection that examines the US Army's role and place in progressive social change through the lens of the military experience of African Americans, women, and gays since World War II. By making this long overdue comparison, the editors argue this anthology demonstrates how the challenges launched against the racial, gender, and sexual status quo in the years after World War II transformed overarching ideas about power, citizenship, and America's role in the world. This anthology's major contribution is synthesizing recent scholarly work on the history of minorities and women in the US military. It does so by examining connections between GIs and civilian society in the context of ideologies of race, gender, and sexuality. Given the militarization of American society since World War II, revealing the links between these legally marginalized groups within the Armed Services is historically significant in its own right. At the same time, this comparison also sheds new light on a broad range of issues that affected civilian society, such as affirmative action, integration, marriage laws, and sexual harassment. Integrating the US Military is a book designed for college students, military professionals, policy makers, and general readers. Allowing readers to view the history of several civil rights movements within the Armed Forces will prompt them to rethink the way they understand the history of social movements. It will also help them to better understand the relationship between the military and American society. Finally, readers will gain a historical perspective on recent debates about the rights of gays in the military and the implications of deploying women in combat."--Provided by publisher.

The History of Integration of the Armed Forces

The History of Integration of the Armed Forces
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Publisher : DigiCat
Total Pages : 635
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ISBN-10 : EAN:8596547403043
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Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis The History of Integration of the Armed Forces by : Morris J. MacGregor

"In the quarter century that followed American entry into World War II, the nation's armed forces moved from the reluctant inclusion of a few segregated Negroes to their routine acceptance in a racially integrated military establishment. Nor was this change confined to military installations. By the time it was over, the armed forces had redefined their traditional obligation for the welfare of their members to include a promise of equal treatment for black servicemen wherever they might be. In the name of equality of treatment and opportunity, the Department of Defense began to challenge racial injustices deeply rooted in American society. For all its sweeping implications, equality in the armed forces obviously had its pragmatic aspects. In one sense it was a practical answer to pressing political problems that had plagued several national administrations. In another, it was the services' expression of those liberalizing tendencies that were permeating American society during the era of civil rights activism. But to a considerable extent the policy of racial equality that evolved in this quarter century was also a response to the need for military efficiency. So easy did it become to demonstrate the connection between inefficiency and discrimination that, even when other reasons existed, military efficiency was the one most often evoked by defense officials to justify a change in racial policy." Morris J. MacGregor, Jr., received the A.B. and M.A. degrees in history from the Catholic University of America. He continued his graduate studies at the Johns Hopkins University and the University of Paris on a Fulbright grant. Before joining the staff of the U.S. Army Center of Military History in 1968 he served for ten years in the Historical Division of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965

Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965
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Publisher : Government Printing Office
Total Pages : 672
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0160019257
ISBN-13 : 9780160019258
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by : Morris J. MacGregor

CMH Pub 50-1-1. Defense Studies Series. Discusses the evolution of the services' racial policies and practices between World War II and 1965 during the period when black servicemen and women were integrated into the Nation's military units.

The Air Force Integrates 1945-1964

The Air Force Integrates 1945-1964
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Publisher : University Press of the Pacific
Total Pages : 404
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ISBN-10 : 0898757525
ISBN-13 : 9780898757521
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis The Air Force Integrates 1945-1964 by : Alan L. Gropman

Documenting the racial integration of the Air Force from the end of World War II to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, retired Air Force colonel Alan L. Gropman contends that the service desegregated itself not for moral or political reasons but to improve military effectiveness. First published in 1977, this second edition charts policy changes to date. 31 photos.

Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965

Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965
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Publisher : e-artnow
Total Pages : 628
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ISBN-10 : EAN:4064066398460
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Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by : Morris J. MacGregor

"In the quarter century that followed American entry into World War II, the nation's armed forces moved from the reluctant inclusion of a few segregated Negroes to their routine acceptance in a racially integrated military establishment. Nor was this change confined to military installations. By the time it was over, the armed forces had redefined their traditional obligation for the welfare of their members to include a promise of equal treatment for black servicemen wherever they might be. In the name of equality of treatment and opportunity, the Department of Defense began to challenge racial injustices deeply rooted in American society. For all its sweeping implications, equality in the armed forces obviously had its pragmatic aspects. In one sense it was a practical answer to pressing political problems that had plagued several national administrations. In another, it was the services' expression of those liberalizing tendencies that were permeating American society during the era of civil rights activism. But to a considerable extent the policy of racial equality that evolved in this quarter century was also a response to the need for military efficiency. So easy did it become to demonstrate the connection between inefficiency and discrimination that, even when other reasons existed, military efficiency was the one most often evoked by defense officials to justify a change in racial policy."_x000D_ Morris J. MacGregor, Jr., received the A.B. and M.A. degrees in history from the Catholic University of America. He continued his graduate studies at the Johns Hopkins University and the University of Paris on a Fulbright grant. Before joining the staff of the U.S. Army Center of Military History in 1968 he served for ten years in the Historical Division of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Integration in the Armed Services

Integration in the Armed Services
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 16
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ISBN-10 : UIUC:30112063572512
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis Integration in the Armed Services by : James C. Evans

All That We Can Be

All That We Can Be
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 232
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015037830851
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Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis All That We Can Be by : Charles Moskos

In this unique study of how the Army became the premier model for developing black leadership in a racially integrated setting, the authors show how this system works and how it can be applied throughout American society. This book offers crucial insights for race relations in civilian society as well. 12 charts and graphs.

The Double V

The Double V
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 300
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781608196227
ISBN-13 : 1608196224
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis The Double V by : Rawn James, Jr.

The century-long struggle to achieve equality for America's black soldiers and sailors, in a stirring narrative history by the author of Root and Branch

Black, White, & Olive Drab

Black, White, & Olive Drab
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Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Total Pages : 316
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ISBN-10 : 0813925754
ISBN-13 : 9780813925752
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis Black, White, & Olive Drab by : Andrew H. Myers

One of the first Army bases to implement on a large scale President Truman's call for racial integration of the armed forces, Fort Jackson, South Carolina, quickly took its place in the Defense Department's official history of the process. What reporters, and later on, historians, overlooked was the interaction between the integration of Fort Jackson and developments, in particular, the civil rights movement, in the wider communities in which the base is situated.In Black, White, and Olive Drab, Andrew H. Myers redresses this oversight; taking a case-study approach, Myers meticulously weaves together a wide range of official records, newspaper accounts, and personal interviews, revealing the impact of Fort Jackson's integration on the desegregation of civilian buses, schools, housing, and public facilities in the surrounding area. Examining the ways in which commanders and staff at the installation navigated challenges over racial issues in their dealings with municipal authorities, state politicians, federal legislators, and the upper echelons of the military bureaucracy, Myers also addresses how post leaders dealt with the potential for participation in civil rights demonstrations by soldiers under their command. Original and provocative, Black, White, and Olive Drab will engage historians and sociologists who study military-social relations, the civil rights movement, African American history, and the South, as well as those who are interested in or familiar with basic training or the American armed forces.