This overview explores the use of black people, either through coercion or enticement, in the armed forces of predominantly white societies in times of crisis w
Sixteen months after the start of the American Civil War, the Federal government, having vastly underestimated the length and manpower demands of the war, began
Many black soldiers serving in the U.S. Army during World War II hoped that they might make permanent gains as a result of their military service and their will
Inspired and informed by the latest research in African American, military, and social history, the fourteen original essays in this book tell the stories of th