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03906aam a2200553 i 4500 001 A71AFB2EF31211EEA2A0228A4CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240405010125 008 221018s2023 ncua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022049609 020 $a 1469673266 020 $a 9781469673264 035 $a (OCoLC)1346213523 040 $a NcU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d AUM $d JCX $d YDX $d VP@ $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a UB418.A47 $b B35 2023 082 00 $a 355.0089/96073 $2 23/eng/20230118 084 $a SOC001000 $a SOC001000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Bailey, Beth L., $d 1957- $e author. 245 13 $a An army afire : $b how the US Army confronted its racial crisis in the Vietnam era / $c Beth Bailey. 264 1 $a Chapel Hill : $b The University of North Carolina Press, $c [2023] 300 $a 341 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a A tactic of silence -- Same mud, same blood -- Defining the problem -- Leadership -- Education and training -- Culture and identity -- Off-post discrimination -- Military justice -- Affirmative actions. 520 $a "By the Tet Offensive in early 1968, what had been widely heralded as the best qualified, best-trained army in US history was descending into crisis as the Vietnam War raged without end. Morale was tanking. AWOL rates were rising. And in August of that year, a group of Black soldiers seized control of the infamous Long Binh Jail, burned buildings, and beat a white inmate to death with a shovel. The days of 'same mud, same blood' were over, and by the end of the decade, a new generation of Black GIs had decisively rejected the slights and institutional racism their forefathers had endured. Acclaimed military historian Beth Bailey shows how the Army experienced, defined, and tried to solve racism and racial tension (in its own words, 'the problem of race') in the Vietnam War era. Some individuals were sympathetic to the problem but offered solutions that were more performative than transformational, while others proposed remedies that were antithetical to the army's fundamental principles of discipline, order, hierarchy, and authority. Bailey traces a frustrating yet fascinating arc where the army initially rushed to create solutions without taking the time to fully identify the origins, causes, and proliferation of racial tension. It was a difficult, messy process, but only after Army leaders ceased viewing the issue as a Black issue and accepted their own roles in contributing to the problem did change become possible"-- $c Provided by publisher. 610 10 $a United States. $b Army $x History $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Discrimination in the military $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a African American soldiers $x History $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Vietnam War, 1961-1975. 651 0 $a United States $x History $x History $y 20th century. 610 16 $a EÌtats-Unis. $b Army $x Histoire $x Histoire $y 20e sieÌcle. 650 6 $a Militaires noirs ameÌricains $x Histoire $x Histoire $y 20e sieÌcle. 650 6 $a Guerre du VieÌt-nam, 1961-1975. 651 6 $a EÌtats-Unis $x Histoire $x Histoire $y 20e sieÌcle. 650 7 $a HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Vietnam War. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies. $2 bisacsh 610 17 $a United States. $b Army $2 fast 650 7 $a Armed Forces $x African American troops $2 fast 650 7 $a Discrimination in the military $2 fast 650 7 $a Race relations $2 fast 651 7 $a United States $2 fast 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a History $2 fast 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9781469673288 941 $a 1 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20240405024608.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A71AFB2EF31211EEA2A0228A4CECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JIDInitiate Another SILO Locator Search