A Black Army : Segregation and the US Military at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, 1941-1945 (Military, War, and Society in Modern American History)

Peretz, Pauline

Cambridge University Press（2025/07発売）

Cambridge University Press（2025/07発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 352 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781009521499
• DDC分類 940.5403

Full Description

From 1941 to 1945, 30,000 African-American infantrymen were stationed at Fort Huachuca near the Mexican border. It was the only 'black post' in the country. Separated from white troops and civilian communities, these infantrymen were forced to accept the rules and discipline that the US Army, convinced of their racial inferiority, wanted to impose on them. Mistrustful of black soldiers, the Army feared mutiny and organized a harsh segregation that included strict confinement, control of the infantrymen during training and leisure, and the physical separation of white and black officers to diffuse any suggestion that equality of rank translated into social equality. In this book, available for the first time in English, Pauline Peretz uncovers America's tortuous relationship with its black soldiers against the backdrop of a war fought in the name of democracy.

Contents

List of Figures; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms; Introduction: An Experiment in Race Relations; 1. An All-Black Post in the Middle of the Arizona Desert; 2. Fourteen Thousand Black Infantrymen; 3. Separated by the Color Line; 4. A State-of-the-Art All-Black Hospital; 5. Fry: City of 'Vice'; 6. A 'Plantation'?; 7. Respectable Women; 8. An Experiment in Integration; 9. The First Departure; 10. A Southern Ambiance; 11. The Mecca of Entertainment?; 12. Ready for Combat; Conclusion: The Outcome of an Experiment; Sources and Select Bibliography; Index.