Description
Book SynopsisThe book underscores the complicated struggle that accompanied integration and sheds new light on a broad range of comparable issues that affect civilian society, including affirmative action, marriage laws, and sexual harassment.
Trade ReviewIntegrating the US Military: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation Since World War II is recommended for both military history and civil rights collections and gathers the experiences of Afro-Americans, Japanese Americans, women, and gay men and lesbians in the armed forces in modern times.
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Donovan's Literary ServicesThis interesting history, well-documented with endnotes, is suitable for all students and faculty. Highly recommended.
Integrating the US Military continues the rich research on military organizations and the participation of Americans.
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Sage JournalsThe volume clearly illuminates the importance of the military to American social change and provides a collection that would be especially valuable in teaching.
—Ronit Y. Stahl, University of Pennsylvania,
Journal of American HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction, by Beth L. Bailey
1. Terror, Anger, and Patriotism: Understanding the Resistance of Black Soldiers during World War II, by Douglas W. Bristol, Jr.
2. Nisei versus Nazi: Japanese American Soldiers in World War II
3. Does the Sex of the Practitioner Matter? Nursing, Civil Rights, and Discrimination in the Army Nurse Corps, 1947-1955
4. "An Attractive Career for Women": Opportunities, Limitations, and Women's Integration in the Cold War Mililtary
5. African Americans, Civil Rights, and the Armed Forces during the Vietnam War
6. Reform in Ranks: The History of the Defense Race Relations Institute, 1971-2014
7. Men's and Women's Liberation: Challenging Military Culture after the Vietnam War
8. Mobilizing Marriage and Motherhood: Military Families and Family Planning Since World War II
9. The Dream That Dare Not Speak Its Name: Legacies of the Civil Rights Movement and the Fight for Gay Military Service
Conclusion
Contributors
Index
