Green, Michael Cullen, 1977-

Black Yanks in the Pacific race in the making of American military empire after World War II / [electronic resource] : Michael Cullen Green. - Ithaca [N.Y.] : Cornell University Press, 2010. - x, 207 p. : ill. - United States in the world . - United States in the world. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : everyday racial politics in a military empire -- Reconversion blues and the appeal of (re)enlistment -- The American dream in a prostrate Japan -- The public politics of intimate affairs -- A brown baby crisis -- The race of combat in Korea -- Epilogue : military desegregation in a militarized world.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
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9780801448966 (cloth : alk. paper) 0801448964 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780801462214 (e-book)




African American soldiers--History--Japan--20th century.
African American soldiers--History--Korea--20th century.
Korean War, 1950-1953--Participation, African American.


United States--Armed Forces--African Americans--History--20th century.
Japan--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1952.
United States--Race relations--History--20th century.


Electronic books.

E185.63 / .G725 2010eb

940.54/03