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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is an excellent book and it is highly recommended. It is meticulously researched, well presented, and beautifully written. And given the details and complexities of the events surrounding the riot and court martial, the story is easy to follow. Hamann provides short, but colorful narrative descriptions of many of the key protagonists. . . . Historians should take note."
* Journal of African American History *
"An interesting and revealing book."
* Blue Ridge Business Journal *
"A welcome piece of military history, adroitly balancing racism and legal questions in one story."
* Kirkus Reviews *
"Jack Hamann has crafted an impressive debut book that is painstakingly researched and documented but also manages to be an enthralling read."
* Seattle Post-Intelligencer *
"This book reads like an outstanding piece of literary fiction, but it is investigative reporting of the highest order. Hamann uncovered a web of lies in a book that holds lessons for today on the tensions between national security and individual rights."
* Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. *
"A surprisingly relevant work about prejudice, scapegoats, and cover-ups in a time of war."
* Daily Nebraskan *
"The storyline that Hamann uncovers is compelling enough. But it is the crime's historical context—- wartime racial dynamics, colossal Army incompetence, international political implications, and the (humane) treatment of POWs, for example—- that makes this book so relevant now."
* Booklist *
Table of ContentsPreface to the 2007 Edition
Author's Note
U.S. Army Ranks during World War II
Prologue: August 15, 1944
1. Camp Florence: June 1944
2. Fort Lawton: June 1944
3. Mollycoddling: July 1944
4. The Life of Reilly: Early August 1944
5. Riot: August, 14, 1944
6. Bad Press: Late August 1944
7. Cookie: September 1944
8. Jaworski: October 1944
9. Beeks: Early November 1944
10. Prosecution: Late November 1944
11. Defense: Early December 1944
12. Verdict: Late December 1944
Epilogue
Notes of Sources
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index
