{"product_id":"on-american-soil-9780295987057","title":"On American Soil","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of African American History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An interesting and revealing book.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Blue Ridge Business Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A welcome piece of military history, adroitly balancing racism and legal questions in one story.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Kirkus Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jack Hamann has crafted an impressive debut book that is painstakingly researched and documented but also manages to be an enthralling read.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Seattle Post-Intelligencer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A surprisingly relevant work about prejudice, scapegoats, and cover-ups in a time of war.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Daily Nebraskan *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Booklist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface to the 2007 Edition\u003cbr\u003e Author's Note\u003cbr\u003e U.S. Army Ranks during World War II\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrologue: August 15, 1944\u003cbr\u003e 1. Camp Florence: June 1944\u003cbr\u003e 2. Fort Lawton: June 1944\u003cbr\u003e 3. Mollycoddling: July 1944\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Life of Reilly: Early August 1944\u003cbr\u003e 5. Riot: August, 14, 1944\u003cbr\u003e 6. Bad Press: Late August 1944\u003cbr\u003e 7. Cookie: September 1944\u003cbr\u003e 8. Jaworski: October 1944\u003cbr\u003e 9. Beeks: Early November 1944\u003cbr\u003e 10. Prosecution: Late November 1944\u003cbr\u003e 11. Defense: Early December 1944\u003cbr\u003e 12. Verdict: Late December 1944\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes of Sources\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524697203031,"sku":"9780295987057","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780295987057.jpg?v=1731857790","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/on-american-soil-9780295987057","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}