The Cold War and the color line
Subtitle: American race relations in the global arena
By: Thomas Borstelmann.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 369
Subjects: Cold War -- Social aspects -- United States; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century; Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Blacks -- Civil rights -- South Africa -- History -- 20th century; Civil rights movements -- South Africa -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989 -- Social aspects; Southern States -- Race relations -- Political aspects; South Africa -- Race relations -- Political aspects
Description: The Cold War and the Color Line is the first comprehensive examination of how the Cold War intersected with the final destruction of global white supremacy. Thomas Borstelmann pays close attention to the two Souths--Southern Africa and the American South--as the primary sites of white authority's last stand. He reveals America's efforts to contain the racial polarization that threatened to unravel the anticommunist western alliance. In so doing, he recasts the history of American race relations in its true international context, one that is meaningful and relevant for our own era of globalization.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.