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An Army Afire: How the US Army Confronted Its Racial Crisis in the Vietnam Era

An Army Afire: How the US Army Confronted Its Racial Crisis in the Vietnam Era

Bailey, Beth

Hardcover

Black American HistoryBlack American StudiesVietnam War

Publisher Price: $36.00

ISBN10: 1469673266
ISBN13: 9781469673264
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: May 2 2023
Pages: 360
Weight: 1.35
Height: 0.94 Width: 5.91 Depth: 9.13
Language: English
By the late 1960s, what had been widely heralded as the best-qualified, best-trained army in US history was descending into crisis as the Vietnam War raged without end. Morale was tanking. AWOL rates were rising. And in August 1968, a group of Black soldiers seized control of the infamous Long Binh Jail, burned buildings, and beat a white inmate to death with a shovel. The days of same mud, same blood were over, and a new generation of Black GIs had decisively rejected the slights and institutional racism their forefathers had endured. Acclaimed military historian Beth Bailey shows how the US Army tried to solve its racial crisis (in army terms, the problem of race). Army leaders were surprisingly creative in confronting demands for racial justice, even willing to challenge fundamental army principles of discipline, order, hierarchy, and authority. Bailey traces a frustrating yet fascinating story of a massive conservative institution coming to terms with demands for change.

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