University Press of America
Pages: 196
Trim: 6 x 9
978-0-7618-3672-8 • Paperback • December 2006 • $50.99 • (£39.00)
Natalie Kimbrough, Ph. D. is an Assistant Professor in History at the Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville, in Baltimore, MD. She is an active member of college-wide committees including the Closing the Gap Committee, the UMOJA (unity) committee, which organizes discussion rounds on social issues, and the International Education Committee. Dr. Kimbrough has expertise teaching U.S. American History, focusing on ethnic, social, and cultural history, as well as other historical topics and learning community courses. She also has extensive curriculum development experience.
Part 1 Acknowledgements
Chapter 2 Introductory Remarks
Chapter 3 Study Foundations
Chapter 4 A Tradition of Participation
Chapter 5 Equality Through Military Service?
Chapter 6 A "Non-Integrated" Military in Vietnam
Chapter 7 Experiencing the "Integrated" Military
Chapter 8 Conclusion
Part 9 Bibliography
Part 10 Index
...this is an interesting...text. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate Students and up.
— D. R. Turner, Davis and Elkins College; Choice Reviews
The author asserts that soldiers of color often had to develop a "double consciousness"; that is, how to be faithful to their country while still remembering the racism they encountered in the US. Indeed, African Americans, Kimbrough claims, were often placed in contradictory situations where white soldiers, many of whom were bigoted, came to their aid during combat. Summing Up: RECOMMENDED. Graduate students and up.
— D. R. Turner, Davis and Elkins College; Choice Reviews