The Encyclopedia of North American Indian Wars, 1607-1890
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This encyclopedia provides a broad, in-depth, and multidisciplinary look at the causes and effects of warfare between whites and Native Americans, encompassing nearly three centuries of history.
Encyclopedia of Revolutionary America
Ethnic and Racial Minorities in the U. S. Military: An Encyclopedia
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Since the Civil War, Chinese Americans have proudly served in the U.S. military. In 1861, a Chinese American by the name of John Tomney joined the 70th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, eventually dying of wounds received at the Battle of Gettysburg. In 1863, William Ah Hang became of one the first Chinese Americans to enlist in the U.S. Navy. More than 50 Chinese Americans fought in the Civil War for the Union and Confederate armies."
African Americans in the Revolutionary War
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Military historian Michael Lee Lanning reveals the little-known, critical, and heroic role African Americans played in the American Revolution, serving in integrated units—a situation that wouldn’t exist again until the Korean War, more than 150 years later.
Black Patriots and Loyalists: Fighting for Emancipation in the War for Independence
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The American Revolution and independence from British colonial rule applied to only a portion of the American population--blacks would still be bound in slavery for nearly another century. While white colonists were fighting for their freedom, many blacks were joining the British imperial forces to gain theirs. Further, a movement led by black and white sailors pushed strongly for emancipation on the American side--slavery could have been abolished during the Revolution itself if either side had fully pursued the military advantage of freeing slaves and pressing them into combat.
Forgotten Allies: the Oneida Indians and the American Revolution
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The Oneida Indians, forgotten heroes of the American Revolution, risked their homeland, their culture, and their lives to join in a war that gave birth to a new nation at the expense of their own.
Native Americans in the American Revolution: How the War Divided, Devastated, and Transformed the Early American Indian World
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Adds the Native American perspective to our understanding of the American Revolution, a critical aspect of this period in history that is rarely covered.
The Negro in the American Revolution
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Originally published in 1961, this classic work remains the most comprehensive history of the many and important roles played by blacks during the American Revolution. Quarles addresses the diplomatic repercussions created by the British evacuation of blacks at the end of the war.
The Peasant Prince: Thaddeus Kosciuszko and the Age of Revolution
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Visit the ACC History Department's general list of books on the Civil War.
Jews and the Civil War: A Reader
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At least 8,000 Jewish soldiers fought for the Union and Confederacy during the Civil War. A few served together in Jewish companies while most fought alongside Christian comrades. Yet even as they stood "shoulder-to-shoulder" on the front lines, they encountered unique challenges.
True Sons of the Republic: European immigrants in the Union Army
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Up to 500,000 Union soldiers, or one fourth of the Union army, had been born in Europe. Soon immersed in the great debate over the expansion of slavery, many immigrants found themselves forced to take sides and eventually rallied around the Union flag. By defending the Union, immigrant volunteers hoped to tear down nativist obstruction against their assimilation into society and prove their worth as full citizens.
Becoming American under Fire: Irish Americans, African Americans, and the Politics of Citizenship during the Civil War Era
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Provides a rich account of how African American and Irish American soldiers influenced the modern vision of national citizenship that developed during the Civil War era. By bearing arms for the Union, African Americans and Irish Americans exhibited their loyalty to the United States and their capacity to act as citizens, strengthening their American identity in the process. They had in common aspiration to full citizenship and inclusion in the American polity.
The Green and the Gray: the Irish in the Confederate States of America
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Why did many Irish Americans, who did not have a direct connection to slavery, choose to fight for the Confederacy? Throughout the book, Gleeson draws comparisons to the Irish on the Union side and to southern natives, expanding his analysis to engage the growing literature on Irish and American identity in the nineteenth-century United States.
The Jewish Confederates
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Reveals the breadth of Jewish participation in the American Civil War on the Confederate side. Rosen describes the Jewish communities in the South and explains their reasons for supporting the South, relating the experiences of officers, enlisted men, politicians, rabbis and doctors.
Buffalo Soldiers in the West
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In the decades following the Civil War, scores of African Americans served in the U.S. Army in the West. The Plains Indians dubbed them buffalo soldiers, and their record in the infantry and cavalry, a record full of dignity and pride, provides one of the most fascinating chapters in the history of the era.
Buffalo Soldiers: The Colored Regulars in the United States Army
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Formed in 1866, the African-American army units known as Buffalo Soldiers acquired near-mythical status for their fortitude and courage. At the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in 1898, the Buffalo Soldiers were among the first units to depart for Cuba. Dr. T. G. Steward, who served as chaplain of the Twenty-fifth Infantry for 16 years, wrote this fascinating firsthand account of the Cuban campaign.
American Indians in World War I: At Home and at War
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During World War I, about 10,000 Native Americans either enlisted or were drafted into the American Expeditionary Force. Many distinguished themselves fighting on the Western Front. Compared to Black and Mexican American soldiers, Indians enjoyed near universal respect when in uniform.
Harlem's Hell Fighters: the African-American 369th Infantry in World War I
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When the United States entered World War I in 1917, thousands of African American men volunteered to fight for a country that granted them only limited civil rights. Many from New York City joined the 15th N.Y. Infantry, a National Guard regiment later designated the 369th U.S. Infantry. The 369th became one of the few U.S. units that American commanding general John J. Pershing let serve under French command. The entire regiment was awarded the French Croix de Guerre, the highest honor.
The Last Buffalo
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The story of Walter E. Potts who lived to be 106-years-old and was the last surviving member of the Buffalo Soldiers that served in the 92nd Division and fought in France during World War I.
The Long Way Home: An American Journey from Ellis Island to the Great War
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When the United States entered World War I in 1917, one-third of the nation's population had been born overseas or had a parent who was an immigrant. Nearly one in five American soldiers was foreign-born. Many of these immigrant soldiers knew little of America outside of tight-knit ghettos. WWI would change their lives and reshape the nation itself. Italians, Jews, Poles, Norwegians, Slovaks, Russians, and Irishmen entered the army as aliens and returned as Americans, often as heroes.
Torchbearers of Democracy
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For the 380,000 African American soldiers who fought in World War I, Woodrow Wilson's charge to make the world "safe for democracy" carried life-or-death meaning. Chad L. Williams reveals the central role of African American soldiers in the global conflict and how they, along with race activists and ordinary citizens, committed to fighting for democracy at home and beyond.
The World War I Diary of José de la Luz Sáenz
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This account of José de la Luz Sáenz's military service in France and Germany in 1918 was published in Spanish in 1933. His annotated book of diary entries and letters recounts not only his own war experiences but also those of his fellow Mexican Americans. This English edition, one of only two known war diaries of a Mexican American in the Great War, is translated with an introduction and annotation by noted Mexican American historian Emilio Zamora.
Americans First: Chinese Americans and the Second World War
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World War II was a watershed event for many of America's minorities, but its impact on Chinese Americans has been largely ignored. Utilizing extensive archival research as well as oral histories and letters from over one hundred informants, Wong offers the first in-depth account of Chinese Americans in the American military, tracing the history of the 14th Air Service Group, a segregated unit comprising over 1,200 men, and examining how their service contributed to their social mobility.
The Comanche Code Talkers of World War II
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Among the allied troops that came ashore in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, were 13 Comanches in the 4th Infantry Division, 4th Signal Company. Under German fire they laid communications lines and began sending messages in coded Comanche. Meadows sets this history in a larger discussion of the development of Native American code talking in World Wars I and II, examining the attitudes of the American military toward Native American code talkers, and assessing the complex cultural factors that led Comanche and other Native Americans to serve their country in this way.
Just Americans: How Japanese Americans Won a War at Home and Abroad: The Story of the 100th Battalion/442d Regimental Combat Team in World War II
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This is the dramatic story of the segregated Japanese American 100th Battalion/442d Regimental Combat Team that rescued the lost battalion of the 36th Texas Division in 1944. It is also the story of soldiers in combat who were fighting a greater battle at home, a struggle that continues for minority groups today over what it means to be an American.
The Marines of Montford Point: America's First Black Marines.
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With an executive order from President Franklin Roosevelt in 1941, the United States Marine Corps--the last all-white branch of the U.S. military--was forced to begin recruiting and enlisting African Americans. The first black recruits received basic training at the segregated Camp Montford Point, adjacent to Camp Lejeune, near Jacksonville, North Carolina. This book serves to recognize and to honor the men who desegregated the Marine Corps.
Mexican Americans and World War II
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Up to 750,000 Mexican American men served in World War II, earning more Medals of Honor and other decorations in proportion to their numbers than any other ethnic group. Mexican American women entered the workforce on the home front, supporting the war effort and earning good wages for themselves and their families. This book gathers 11 essays that explore the Mexican American experience in World War II from a variety of perspectives.
The Navajo Code Talkers
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An intriguing account of a select platoon of Marines known as the Navajo Code Talkers, the subject of the John Woo / Nicholas Cage movie 'Windtalkers." During World War II, the Navajo Code Talkers devised and employed a secret code using their native tongue, a code which proved totally undecipherable to the enemy, enabling American forces to prevail in the South Pacific.
The ACC History Department lists more titles on military history.
Medicine Bags and Dog Tags: American Indian Veterans from Colonial Times to the Second Iraq War
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As far back as colonial times, Native individuals and communities have fought alongside European and American soldiers against common enemies. This is the story of these Native men and women whose military service has defended ancient homelands, perpetuated longstanding warrior traditions, and promoted tribal survival and sovereignty. Drawing on a rich array of archival records and oral traditions, Al Carroll offers the most complete account of Native veterans to date....
War! What Is It Good For?: Black Freedom Struggles and the U.S. Military from World War II to Iraq
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Using an array of sources--from newspapers and government documents to literature, music, and film--and tracing the period from World War II to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, Phillips considers how federal policies that desegregated the military also maintained racial, gender, and economic inequalities. Since 1945, blacks' unequal access to employment, and discriminatory draft policies have forced black men into the military at disproportionate rates.
The African American Experience in Vietnam: Brothers in Arms
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James E. Westheider explores the social and professional paradoxes facing African-American soldiers in Vietnam. Westheider tells this story expertly and accessibly by providing the history and background of African American participation in the U.S. Armed Forces then following all the way through to the experience of African Americans returning home from the Vietnam war.
On Two Fronts: Latinos & Vietnam
Public Broadcasting Service. New York, N.Y. : distributed by Films Media Group, 2015.
This program examines the Latino experience during a war that placed its heaviest burden on working-class youth and their communities. Framing the documentary are memoirs of two siblings, Everett and Delia Alvarez, who stood on opposite sides of the Vietnam War, one as a POW and the other protesting at home. The program raises issues that remain relevant today.
The Color of Honor: The Japanese American Soldier in WWII
"A documentary on the responses of Japanese Americans to World War II -- from enlisting in a much-decorated unit for combat in Europe, to serving as military interrogators, and for some, refusing to serve in the armed forces and challenging the constitutionality of the forced internment of their families."