The Employment of Negro Troops in World War II
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[African American] LEE, Ulysses. The Employment of Negro Troops. Washington D.C.: Center for Military History, United States Army, 1986. Original green cloth boards. A Special Studies title on the U.S. Army in World War II. 738 pages. Many black and white photos within. This work thoroughly explains how black troops came to be a large and essential component of the Army's apparatus, starting with their outsized valiance in WWI, administrative maneuvering in the interwar period, and how the necessities of total war began dismantling structural racism in the Armed Forces once the U.S. fully mobilized for WWII. The author, Dr. Ulysses Lee (1913-1969), was a black Army soldier, professor, and prolific military historian who served with the Tuskegee Airmen. In very good condition; binding tight and interiors clean.Item #18650
Price: $125.00
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