The Routledge Handbook of the History of Race and the American Military
PART I Early Encounters: From the Colonial Era to the Mexican American War 1. "So necessary that we could not hold the country without them" Indian and Colonial Military Cooperation in the Colonial Southeast Julie Anne Sweet 2. African Americans and the American Revolution Michael Lee Lanning 3. Race and Republicanism: Understanding the Mindset of the Mexican War Soldier Richard Bruce Winders PART II All for the Union or All for Dixie? Minority Service throughout the Civil War and Reconstruction 4. The Debate before the Fight: Black Northerners and the Question of Enlistment Brian Taylor 5. Warriors or Soldiers? Native American Combatants in the Civil War West Clarissa W. Confer 6. "We Did Our Duty as Men Should" African Americans in the Civil War David J. Williams 7. Race and Irregular Warfare on the Trans Mississippi Border, 1861 1865 Matthew Stith 8. Bottom Rail on Top: Black Union Soldiers in the Army of Occupation, 1865 67 Don Shaffer 9. "Our Brave and Ever to Be Remembered Soldiers" The Contested Legacy of Black Union Military Service in the Post Civil War South Paul Coker PART III From Empire to Ridding the World of Tyranny: Race, Mythology, Culture and War during the early Twentieth Century 10. From Black Regulars to Buffalo Soldiers: The Emergence of a Legend Frank Schubert 11. "Are Not My Men the Same?" Race, Ethnic Identity, and Pawnee Indian Military Service During the Indian Wars Mark van de Logt 12. Buffalo Soldiers in Africa: African American Officers in Liberia, 1910 1942 Brian G. Shellum 13. "Only America Left Her Negro Troops Behind" The African American Military Experience in the First World War John Morrow, Jr. 14. Of Codes and Culture: The Navajo Experience in World War II Robert S. McPherson 15. Nisei Who Said "No" Japanese American Draft Resistance in World War II Eric Muller PART IV Race, the Military, and the American Century: Post World War II Politics, Racial Desegregation of the military, the African American Vietnam Experience, and Latino service in the Armed Forces 16. "`The Veterans' Angle'" Ninety third Division Ex GI Vasco Hale, Disability, and the NAACP's Struggle for Fair Housing and Power in Post World War Two Hartford, Connecticut Robert Jefferson, Jr. 17. The Political, the Personal, and the Cold War: Harry Truman and Executive Order 9981 Geoffrey W. Jensen 18. The Navy's Search for Black Officers through ROTC and The Edge of Institutional Change Isaac W. Hampton II 19. African Americans and the Vietnam War Era James Westheider 20. The Right to Bear Arms: Enlisting Chicanos into the U.S. Military, 1940 1980 Steven Rosales