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03450aam a2200409 i 4500 001 A0409F44FC8011EE9ABF7B513DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240417010124 008 221123s2023 ksua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022056005 020 $a 0700635319 020 $a 9780700635313 020 $a 0700635297 020 $a 9780700635290 035 $a (OCoLC)1351626055 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d PAU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a UB417 $b .J46 2023 082 00 $a 355.008/0973 $2 23/eng/20221123 100 1 $a Jensen, Geoffrey W., $d 1975- $e author. 245 14 $a The racial integration of the American armed forces : $b Cold War necessity, presidential leadership, and Southern resistance / $c Geoffrey W. Jensen. 264 1 $a Lawrence, Kansas : $b University Press of Kansas, $c [2023] 300 $a xxxi, 395 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Modern war studies 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-379) and index. 520 $a "Geoffrey Jensen brings clarity to our understanding of the political processes that fundamentally altered the racial composition of the American military. Black men had always served in American wars, but beginning with the Civil War, their service had been in segregated units. The US military was not integrated until after World War II. During the nearly thirty years under examination in this book, racial integration and reform of the military needed to occur to protect the nation's image during a largely ideological struggle. America's racial woes were grist for the propaganda mills in Moscow. But integration of the armed forces needed more than just Cold War justification. It required the willingness of the president to lead from the top. Military integration occurred as the result of the longstanding tradition of Congress to allow the executive branch to control the staffing and composition of the military. Jensen contends that understanding the action, or inaction, of US presidents and presidential administrations matters equally as much as understanding the efforts of those outside of Washington and the West Wing, as it was the presidents who were the ones dictating the pace, whether rapid or gradual, from with which reform was carried out"-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 00 $a Machine generated contents note: $g 6. $t The Decrescendo of Cold War Racial Reform: Vietnam, Johnson, and Nixon. $g 2. $t "It Was Good Trouble, It Was Necessary Trouble": Truman and Reform, 3. Born out of the Necessity of War: The Korean War and Reform -- $g 4. $t The Frustration of the Middle Way: Eisenhower and Reform -- $g 5. $t From Image to Action: Kennedy, Johnson, and Reform -- $g 6. $t The Decrescendo of Cold War Racial Reform: Vietnam, Johnson, and Nixon. 651 0 $a United States $x History $x Minorities $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a United States $x History $x African Americans $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Race discrimination $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a United States $x History $x History $y 20th century. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Jensen, Geoffrey W., 1975- $t Racial integration of the American armed forces $d Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2023] $z 9780700635306 $w (DLC) 2022056006 830 0 $a Modern war studies 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240417024651.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A0409F44FC8011EE9ABF7B513DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search