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Zusatztext "Dudziak's argument is clearly written, prodigiously researched, and profoundly important. . . . Cold War Civil Rights . . . is the most comprehensively researched study of the connection between foreign and domestic racial politics in the post-World War II era. Dudziak's book will inspire a reconsideration of postwar civil rights history." ---Alex Lubin, American Quarterly Informationen zum Autor Mary L. Dudziak is professor of law, history, and political science at the University of Southern California. Her books include Exporting American Dreams: Thurgood Marshall's African Journey , September 11 in History , and Legal Borderlands . Klappentext "Meticulously researched and beautifully written, Mary Dudziak's book makes a spectacularly illuminating contribution to a subject traditionally neglected--the linkage between race relations and foreign policy: neither African-American history nor diplomatic history will be the same again." --Gerald Horne, author of Race Woman: The Lives of Shirley Graham Du Bois "Reinhold Niebuhr once commented that blacks cannot count on the altruism of whites for improvements in blacks' condition. Readers who think Niebuhr's remark was unfair to whites need to read this book. Mary Dudziak documents, in impressive detail, how the self-interest of elite whites instigated, shaped, and limited civil rights gains for blacks during the Cold War years. Raises serious questions about the future of racial justice in America." --Richard Delgado, Jean Lindsley Professor of Law, University of Colorado "This book is a tour de force . Dudziak's brilliant analysis shows that the Cold War had a profound impact on the civil rights movement. Hers is the first book to make this important connection. It is a major contribution to our understanding of both the Civil Rights movement and the Cold War itself. . . . Because it is beautifully written in clear, lively prose, and draws its analysis from dramatic events and compelling stories of people involved from the top level of government to the grass roots, it will be an outstanding book for both students and the general public. I recommend it with no hesitation and with great enthusiasm." --Elaine Tyler May, author of Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era "This book reflects a growing interest among historians in the global significance of race. . . . It is accessible and will have multiple uses as an approach to civil rights history, as an examination of policy making, and as a model of how a study can be attentive to both foreign and domestic aspects of a particular issue. It is tightly argued, coherent, and polished, and it features some particularly fine writing." --Brenda Plummer, author of Rising Wind: Black Americans and U.S. Foreign Affairs, 1935-1960 Zusammenfassung Interprets postwar civil rights as a Cold War feature. This book argues that the Cold War helped facilitate key social reforms, including desegregation. It discusses the way the Cold War figures into civil rights history. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations xiii Preface to the 2011 Edition xv INTRODUCTION 3 CHAPTER 1: Coming to Terms with Cold War Civil Rights 18 CHAPTER 2: Telling Stories about Race and Democracy 47 CHAPTER 3: Fighting the Cold War with Civil Rights Reform 79 CHAPTER 4: Holding the Line in Little Rock 115 CHAPTER 5: Losing Control in Camelot 152 CHAPTER 6: Shifting the Focus of America's Image Abroad 203 CONCLUSION 249 Notes 255 Acknowledgments 311 Index 317 ...
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Mary L. Dudziak
With a new preface by the author
