African Americans and the Pacific War, 1941-1945: Race, Nationality, and the Fight for Freedom

ISBN-13: 9781107532939 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 300 str.

Chris Dixon

Opis

Dixon provides the first comprehensive study of African American military and social experiences during the Pacific War.

Recenzje

'Prof. Dixon (Macquarie University) looks at the complex experiences of African Americans in the war against Japan. … This is a very nuanced work.' The NYMAS Review

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. 'Jim Crow on the run': Black America, Pearl Harbor, and the patriotic imperative; 2. The segregated South Seas: hierarchies of race in the Pacific War; 3. A sexualized South Seas?: intersections of race and gender in the Pacific theater; 4. Nourishing the tree of democracy: Black Americans in White Australia; 5. Behaving like men: race, masculinity, and the politics of combat, 6. Liberators and occupiers: African Americans and the Pacific War aftermath; Conclusion.