From the opening shots in the American Revolution, Bunker's Hill and the struggle to wrest independence from Britain, to Hamburger Hill and the emergence of fully integrated units, this is a story of struggle. Even in the liberating times of the American Civil War, the Federal government put blacks in segregated regiments, a policy which was to continue throughout World War I and II. Gerald Astor examines the full history of African Americans in the military, and establishes the contribution they have made, right up to the present day.
- ISBN10 0891416323
- ISBN13 9780891416326
- Publish Date 1 January 1999
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Presidio Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 576
- Language English