An Army Afire: How the US Army Confronted Its Racial Crisis in the Vietnam Era
More Details
ISBN:
9781469673271
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Staff View
Grouping Information
| Grouped Work ID | 6c4618b2-3004-16c3-1f4a-d3d070a80f53 |
|---|---|
| Grouping Title | army afire how the us army confronted its racial crisis in the vietnam era |
| Grouping Author | beth bailey |
| Grouping Category | book |
| Grouping Language | English (eng) |
| Last Grouping Update | 2025-08-24 05:12:38AM |
| Last Indexed | 2025-08-24 05:19:14AM |
Solr Fields
accelerated_reader_point_value
0
accelerated_reader_reading_level
0
author
Bailey, Beth
author_display
Bailey, Beth
display_description
By the late 1960s, 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 1968, 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 a new generation of Black GIs had decisively rejected the slights and institutional racism their forefathers had endured. As Black and white soldiers fought in barracks and bars, with violence spilling into surrounding towns within the US and in West Germany, Vietnam, South Korea, and Japan, army leaders grew convinced that the growing racial crisis undermined the army's ability to defend the nation. Acclaimed military historian Beth Bailey shows how the US Army tried to solve that racial crisis (in army terms, "the problem of race"). Bailey traces a frustrating yet...
format_catalog
eBook
format_category_catalog
eBook
id
6c4618b2-3004-16c3-1f4a-d3d070a80f53
isbn
9781469673271
last_indexed
2025-08-24T09:19:14.121Z
lexile_score
-1
literary_form
Non Fiction
literary_form_full
Non Fiction
primary_isbn
9781469673271
publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
recordtype
grouped_work
title_display
An Army Afire How the US Army Confronted Its Racial Crisis in the Vietnam Era
title_full
An Army Afire How the US Army Confronted Its Racial Crisis in the Vietnam Era
title_short
An Army Afire
title_sub
How the US Army Confronted Its Racial Crisis in the Vietnam Era
topic_facet
History
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Solr Details Tables
item_details
| Bib Id | Item Id | Shelf Location | Call Num | Format | Format Category | Num Copies | Is Order Item | Is eContent | eContent Source | eContent URL | Detailed Status | Last Checkin | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| overdrive:3ceee18c-60da-4542-9898-8cb1a72ac04a | -1 | Online OverDrive Collection | Online OverDrive | eBook | eBook | 999999 | false | true | OverDrive | Available Online |
record_details
| Bib Id | Format | Format Category | Edition | Language | Publisher | Publication Date | Physical Description | Abridged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| overdrive:3ceee18c-60da-4542-9898-8cb1a72ac04a | eBook | eBook | English | The University of North Carolina Press |
scoping_details_catalog
| Bib Id | Item Id | Grouped Status | Status | Locally Owned | Available | Holdable | Bookable | In Library Use Only | Library Owned | Is Home Pick Up Only | Holdable PTypes | Bookable PTypes | Home Pick Up PTypes | Local Url |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| overdrive:3ceee18c-60da-4542-9898-8cb1a72ac04a | -1 | Available Online | Available Online | false | true | true | false | false | false | false |