基本説明
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2009.
Full Description
In 1972, the U.S. was embroiled in an unpopular war in Vietnam, and the USS Kitty Hawk was headed to the gulf of Tonkin. Its five thousand men, cooped up for the longest at-sea tour of the war rioted - or, as this book suggests, mutinied. Disturbingly, the lines were drawn racially, black against white. By the time order was restored, careers were in tatters. Although the incident became a turning point for race relations in the Navy, this story remained buried within U.S. Navy archives for decades. With action pulled straight from a high seas thriller, Gregory A. Freeman uses eyewitness accounts and a careful and unprecidented examination of the Navy's records to refute the official story of the incident, make a convincing case for the U.S. Navy's first mutiny, and sheds light on this seminal event in American history.
Contents
Introduction Seal the Hatch A New Captain A New XO America at Sea A Long, Difficult Journey The Dap Fight Sailing into Troubled Water A Raised Fist They're Going to Kill Us All! It's Really Happening This is Mutiny! Captain, I Am Scared to Death He is a Brother! By a Higher Authority Plain Criminals
