Fighting for hope
Subtitle: African-American troops of the 93rd Infantry Division in World War II and postwar America
By: Robert F. Jefferson.
Series: War/society/culture
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9780801888281
Subjects: United States. -- Army. -- Division, 93rd; United States. -- Army -- African American troops; World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Oceania; World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- United States -- Social conditions; African American soldiers -- Social conditions -- 20th century; African Americans -- Social conditions -- To 1964; United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Great Depression and African American youth culture; title: Why should I fight? Black morale and War Department racial policy; title: Of sage and sand : Fort Huachuca and the U.S. Ninety-third Infantry Division; title: Garrisons on the move : Black GIs and service families; title: War maneuvers and Black division personnel; title: War, race, and rumor under the Southern Cross; title: Relative security : race and sex in the southwest Pacific; title: Ninety-third Division veterans and ex-service families in post World War II America.