{"product_id":"black-yanks-in-the-pacific-9780801448966","title":"Black Yanks in the Pacific","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the end of World War II, many black citizens viewed service in the segregated American armed forces with distaste if not disgust. Meanwhile, domestic racism and Jim Crow, ongoing Asian struggles against European colonialism, and prewar calls for Afro-Asian solidarity had generated considerable black ambivalence toward American military expansion in the Pacific, in particular the impending occupation of Japan. However, over the following decade black military service enabled tens of thousands of African Americans to interact daily with Asian peoplesencounters on a scale impossible prior to 1945. It also encouraged African Americans to share many of the same racialized attitudes toward Asian peoples held by their white counterparts and to identify with their government''s foreign policy objectives in Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBlack Yanks in the Pacific\u003c\/i\u003e, Michael Cullen Green tells the story of African American engagement with military service in occupied Japan, war-torn South Korea, and\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the decade following WWII, the US embarked upon two great historical journeys—the civil rights movement and the Cold War. In this brief but thought-provoking study, Green examines the interaction of these two forces through the eyes of African American soldiers stationed in postwar Asia.... A fascinating sidelight is Green's examination of the sad fate of African-Asian offspring left behind. A thoughtful, provocative study that skillfully integrates the interplay of domestic and foreign policy. \u003cb\u003eSumming up:\u003c\/b\u003e Highly recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Everyday Racial Politics in a Military Empire\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: Reconversion Blues and the Appeal of (Re)Enlistment\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: The American Dream in a Prostrate Japan\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: The Public Politics of Intimate Affairs\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: A Brown Baby Crisis\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: The Race of Combat in Korea\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: Military Desegregation in a Militarized World\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Selected Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405134111063,"sku":"9780801448966","price":36.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801448966.jpg?v=1730488830","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/black-yanks-in-the-pacific-9780801448966","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}