Phillips, Kimberley L.  1960- <br/><br/>
War! what is it good for? :  Black freedom struggles and the U.S. military from World War II to Iraq / 
 Black freedom struggles and the U.S. military from World War II to Iraq 
Kimberley L. Phillips. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - Chapel Hill :  University of North Carolina Press,  c2012. 
 - 343 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-337) and index. 
<br/><br/>Where are the Negro soldiers? The Double V Campaign and the segregated military -- Jim Crow shock and the second front, 1945-1950 -- Glory on the battlefield: the Korean war, Cold War civil rights, and the paradox of Black military service -- Did the battlefield kill Jim Crow? Black freedom struggles, the Korean War, and the Cold War military -- Machine gun blues: Black America and the Vietnam War -- Sing no more of war: Black freedom struggles and antiwar activism, 1960-1973 -- An epilogue about the United States and wars in medias res. Live from the front lines: military policy and soldiers' rap from Iraq. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780807835029 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011031531 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African American soldiers--History--20th century.<br/>Vietnam War, 1961-1975--African Americans.<br/>African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.<br/>Civil rights movements--History--United States--20th century.<br/>Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States.<br/>War and society--History--United States--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Armed Forces--African Americans--History--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>UB418.A47  / P45 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>355.0089/96073