| Edition |
Presidio Press trade paperback edition. |
| Description |
xxxi, 367 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: New York : One World, 2005. |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Two Americas? [1776 to 1941] -- Pearl Harbor [1941-1942] -- America's secret weapon [1942] -- Alaska to Guadalcanal [1942] -- The Atlantic War [1942] -- Ready for combat [1942] -- The road to Burma [1942] -- Black women at war [1942-43] -- FDR to Africa [1943] -- The Fighting 99th -- The long, hot summer [1943] -- Fighters over Anzio [1944] -- D-Day [1944] -- Red Ball Express [1944] -- Sound-off! [1944] -- Port Chicago Mutiny [1944] -- Two trials and two generals [1944] -- Island to island [1945] -- Battle of the Bulge: Hitler's last charge [1944-45] -- The forgotten front: return of the Buffalo Soldiers [1944-45] -- Captives of war [1945] -- WACs overseas [1945] -- The Holocaust [1945] -- Victory [1945] -- Epilogue. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American.
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United States -- Armed Forces -- African Americans.
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African Americans -- Segregation.
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United States -- Race relations.
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| ISBN |
034545961X paperback |
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