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

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Karin L. Stanford 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 IntroductionChapter 1: The Revolutionary War: My Liberation, Your FreedomChapter 2; War of 1812: From the Plantation to the BattlefieldChapter 3: The Civil War: One Shot Away from EmancipationChapter 4: Spanish-American and Philippines War: Is This a White Man's WarChapter 5: World War I: The Strange Fruit of WarChapter 6: World War II: Fighting for "Our America"Chapter 7: Korean War: Coming in from the ColdChapter 8: Vietnam War: Red, White, Black, and BlueChapter 9: Persian Gulf War: Civil Rights/Human WrongsChapter 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