Black Yanks in the Pacific
Subtitle: race in the making of American military empire after World War II
By: Michael Cullen Green.
Series: The United States in the world; United States in the world
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780801448966
Subjects: African American soldiers -- Japan -- History -- 20th century; African American soldiers -- Korea -- History -- 20th century; Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Participation, African American; United States -- Armed Forces -- African Americans -- History -- 20th century; Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952; United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : everyday racial politics in a military empire; title: Reconversion blues and the appeal of (re)enlistment; title: The American dream in a prostrate Japan; title: The public politics of intimate affairs; title: A brown baby crisis; title: The race of combat in Korea; title: Epilogue : military desegregation in a militarized world.