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| #1902559 in Books | 2004-03 | 2004-03-30 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x.82 x6.00l, | File type: PDF | 208 pages||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Short and Sweet|By Reviewer|This was a fairly fascinating, albeit short, book. Black veterans of every conflict from World War Two up to the more current wars in Afghanistan and Iraq share their experiences. They recount painful details of discrimination, in addition to the usual horrors that one finds attendant to war. Indeed, the book deserves a ton of credit for the balanced|From Publishers Weekly|Taking a cue from Bloods, the bestselling 1984 oral history of black Vietnam War veterans, Philadelphia Daily News reporter Latty allows 28 veterans from five wars, including the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, do the talking in this af
Black Americans have had an ongoing presence in the American military, from the Revolution to the Civil War to Vietnam to the War in Iraq, yet their contributions are often relegated to a footnote of history, if mentioned at all. The recent successes and wide visibility of African Americans in the military -- such as those of Colin Powell and Shoshanna Johnson -- belie a harsh reality: the Army was segregated until the Korean War. Only in the last fifty years have bla...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.We Were There: Voices of African American Veterans, from World War II to the War in Iraq | Yvonne Latty, Ron Tarver. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.