Pride Progress And Prospects

Author : Alphonse G. Davis
Publisher : Department of the Navy
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : UIUC:30112050106381

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Pride, Progress, and Prospects by Alphonse G. Davis Pdf

This monograph presents a straightforward and personalized account of the Corps' efforts during the last three decades to increase the presence of African-Americans within its officer ranks. This narrative represents an account of the Marine Corps' efforts to increase the presence of African-Americans in its officer ranks during the period from 1970 to 1995. The word "presence" is used instead of the term "number" in the title of this effort because it transcends the singular focus of quantity. "Presence" underscores the relative importance of certain areas that contribute to the career progression of commissioned officers. Among those areas are accessions, military occupational specialties, assignments, and promotions.

Author : Fred H. Allison,Kurtis P. Wheeler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Segregation
ISBN : MINN:31951D03647569I

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Path Breakers: U.S. Marine African American Officers in Their Own Words by Fred H. Allison,Kurtis P. Wheeler Pdf

Author : Cameron D. McCoy
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780700635771

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Contested Valor by Cameron D. McCoy Pdf

Contested Valor is a challenging examination of the use and status of black Marines in United States military service during the Cold War era. These pioneering men experienced contested military integration, as well as multiple forms of institutional and social opposition, which called their humanity, manhood, and rights to full citizenship into question. Efforts to undermine their service compromised their right to be counted among the elite and sidelined their story to the fringes of Marine Corps and U.S. history. Cameron McCoy describes the factors and pressures leading to the racial turbulence that surfaced in the Marine Corps from the end of World War II through Vietnam, and the measures taken by civilian and Marine officials to maintain and restore organizational integrity based on a foundation of white supremacy. He examines the psychological effects of institutionalized racism on African American Marines during the Vietnam era and the emergence of a new generation of black men unwilling to submit to the traditions of a Jim Crow Marine Corps. By exploring the realities American society constructed about black Marines, this work calls attention to the diverse ways in which these men coped within a strict, prejudiced organization and found greater purpose as U.S. Marines despite an embattled image. Contested Valor weaves the experiences of black Americans in the armed forces into the larger tapestry of the American racialist past and aptly captures the dilemmas, triumphs, and pitfalls that the first African American Marines encountered during the contentious eras of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. McCoy explores the creation of organizational policies designed to minimize their footprint as U.S. Marines until the social experiment of military integration faded and illustrates the discriminatory practices that further delegitimized their wartime reputation. McCoy demonstrates that black Marines’ absence from the historical record has been compounded by the negligence and oversight of past historians as the Marine Corps reckons with its racist past and its first black Marines.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556037399292

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Fortitudine by Anonim Pdf

Author : James T. Controvich
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810874800

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African-Americans in Defense of the Nation by James T. Controvich Pdf

While the role of the African American in American history has been written about extensively, it is often difficult to locate the wealth of material that has been published. African-Americans in Defense of the Nation builds on a long list of early bibliographies concerning the subject, bringing together a broad spectrum of titles related to the African-American participation in America's wars. It covers both military exploits—as African Americans have been involved in every American conflict since the Revolution—and their participation in the homefront support.

Author : Timothy J. Lynch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1489 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199759255

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The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Military and Diplomatic History by Timothy J. Lynch Pdf

•Entries written by renowned diplomatic and military historians as well as key scholars in international relations •Provides assessments and analyses of key episodes, issues and actors in the military and diplomatic history of the United States •Based on the award-winning Oxford Companion to United States History •Comprehensive collection of entries that span the founding of the U.S. to its present state •Offers a wide range of perspectives to provide an encompassing context of the United States' military and diplomatic legacies •Expansive bibliographies and suggested readings for each article to aid in research The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Military and Diplomatic History, a two-volume set, will offer both assessment and analysis of the key episodes, issues and actors in the military and diplomatic history of the United States. At a time of war, in which ongoing efforts to recalibrate American diplomacy are as imperative as they are perilous, the Oxford Encyclopedia will present itself as the first recourse for scholars wishing to deepen their understanding of the crucial features of the historical and contemporary foreign policy landscape and its perennially martial components. Entries will be written by the top diplomatic and military historians and key scholars of international relations from within the American academy, supplemented, as is appropriate for an encyclopedia of diplomacy, with entries from foreign-based academics, in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. The crucial importance of the subject is reflected in the popularity of university courses dedicated to diplomatic and military history and the enduring appeal of international relations (IR) as a political science discipline drawing on both. The Oxford Encyclopedia will be a basic reference tool across both disciplines - a potentially very significant market. Readership: University-level undergraduate and graduate students in History

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Government publications
ISBN : MINN:31951P00794820Q

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Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 892 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1841
Category : England
ISBN : HARVARD:32044092714583

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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1008 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1829
Category : England
ISBN : CHI:27825736

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Blackwood's Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : James C. Bradford
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1136 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009-11-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781444315110

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A Companion to American Military History by James C. Bradford Pdf

With more than 60 essays, A Companion to American MilitaryHistory presents a comprehensive analysis of the historiographyof United States military history from the colonial era to thepresent. Covers the entire spectrum of US history from the Indian andimperial conflicts of the seventeenth century to the battles inAfghanistan and Iraq Features an unprecedented breadth of coverage from eminentmilitary historians and emerging scholars, including little studiedtopics such as the military and music, military ethics, care of thedead, and sports Surveys and evaluates the best scholarship on every importantera and topic Summarizes current debates and identifies areas whereconflicting interpretations are in need of further study

Author : Alexander M. Bielakowski
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1064 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9798216081258

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Ethnic and Racial Minorities in the U.S. Military [2 volumes] by Alexander M. Bielakowski Pdf

This encyclopedia details the participation of individual ethnic and racial minority groups throughout U.S. military history. Ethnic and Racial Minorities in the U.S. Military: An Encyclopedia is unique in its coverage of nearly all major ethnic and racial minority groups, as opposed to reference works that have focused only on individual ethnic or racial minority groups. It acknowledges the military contributions of African Americans, Asian Americans, French Americans, German Americans, Hispanic Americans, Irish Americans, Jewish Americans, and Native Americans. This timely work highlights the individuals and events that have shaped the experience of minorities in U.S. conflicts. The work provides a comprehensive encyclopedia covering the role of all major ethnic and racial minorities in the United States during wartime. Additionally, it considers how the integration of servicemen in the U.S. military set the precedent for the eventual desegregation of America's civilian population.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Government publications
ISBN : PURD:32754081643953

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New Products for Sale from the Superintendent of Documents by Anonim Pdf

Author : Catherine Reef
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438107752

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African Americans in the Military by Catherine Reef Pdf

Throughout much of the United States's history

Author : G. Kurt Piehler
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 1921 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781452276328

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Encyclopedia of Military Science by G. Kurt Piehler Pdf

The Encyclopedia of Military Science provides a comprehensive, ready-reference on the organization, traditions, training, purpose, and functions of today’s military. Entries in this four-volume work include coverage of the duties, responsibilities, and authority of military personnel and an understanding of strategies and tactics of the modern military and how they interface with political, social, legal, economic, and technological factors. A large component is devoted to issues of leadership, group dynamics, motivation, problem-solving, and decision making in the military context. Finally, this work also covers recent American military history since the end of the Cold War with a special emphasis on peacekeeping and peacemaking operations, the First Persian Gulf War, the events surrounding 9/11, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and how the military has been changing in relation to these events. Click here to read an article on The Daily Beast by Encyclopedia editor G. Kurt Piehler, "Why Don't We Build Statues For Our War Heroes Anymore?"

Author : Leo J. Daugherty III
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2008-02-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786431373

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The Allied Resupply Effort in the China-Burma-India Theater During World War II by Leo J. Daugherty III Pdf

Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 secured for Chiang Kai-shek's Chinese Nationalist forces what no amount of pleading had been able to produce: an influx of U.S. supplies. This volume explores the strategies of the Allies in China, Burma and India in World War II and the politically charged campaign waged in that theater. After an overview of the Allied situation in early 1942, the work presents the personal accounts of six individuals who served as part of the resupply effort in the CBI theater: Captain Edward Goodman, Captain David C. Hall, Staff Sergeant Robert Boehm, Corporal Anthony R. Silva, Corporal Alexander McVean and Tech Sergeant Kenneth R. Quigley. The service of African Americans in the CBI theatre is also discussed in detail. Appendices contain information on the organization of a motor transport truck regiment in Persia during World War II and an extract from a December 1944 log of an Air Jungle Rescue Unit in Burma.