If We Must Die - African American Voices on War and Peace

Informationen zum Autor Karin L. Stanford is associate professor of pan African studies and African American politics at California State University, Northridge. Klappentext If We Must Die is a narrative and compilation of commentaries by African American leaders, intellectuals, and average citizens on wars fought by the United States. The book uses the rich material of political and social commentary as it seeks to articulate the concerns, mood, and memory of African Americans in the context of global political realities. Organized chronologically, by America's major wars, If We Must Die offers an impressively wide array of viewpoints from such diverse figures as Molly Pitcher, Phyllis Wheatley, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells, Paul Robeson, Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Barack Obama, and more. Zusammenfassung Reflects the range of thought by African Americans on the major wars fought by the United States. This book includes African American perspectives on 10 wars! from the Revolutionary War to the War in Iraq. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1: The Revolutionary War: My Liberation, Your Freedom Chapter 2; War of 1812: From the Plantation to the Battlefield Chapter 3: The Civil War: One Shot Away from Emancipation Chapter 4: Spanish-American and Philippines War: Is This a White Man's War Chapter 5: World War I: The Strange Fruit of War Chapter 6: World War II: Fighting for "Our America" Chapter 7: Korean War: Coming in from the Cold Chapter 8: Vietnam War: Red, White, Black, and Blue Chapter 9: Persian Gulf War: Civil Rights/Human Wrongs Chapter 10: Iraq War: Patriot Games

Product details

• Authors: Karin (EDT) Stanford, Karin L. Stanford
• Assisted by: Karin L. Stanford (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.07.2009
• EAN: 9780742541146
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-4114-6
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > General, dictionaries; USA, Ethnic Studies, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, HISTORY / Military / United States, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Warfare & defence, United States of America, USA, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Violence in society, Warfare and defence, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Black & Asian Studies, Violence and abuse in society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, African American History