Torchbearers of Democracy
Author | : Chad Louis Williams |
Publisher | : Univ of North Carolina Press |
Total Pages | : 470 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0807833940 |
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"In this important, sophisticated, and original study, Chad Williams establishes the centrality of black soldiers and veterans to the struggles against racial inequality during World War I as no other book does. Torchbearers of Democracy sensitively examines the fraught connections between citizenship, obligation, and race while highlighting the diversity of black soldiers' experiences in fighting on behalf of a democracy that denied them rights and dignity. This is a major contribution to political, military, and civil rights history."--Eric Arnesen, George Washington University.