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Contested Valor
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Author : Cameron D. McCoy
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 2023-11-16
Contested Valor written by Cameron D. McCoy and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-16 with History categories.
Contested Valor is a challenging examination of the use and status of black Marines in United States military service during the Cold War era. These pioneering men experienced contested military integration, as well as multiple forms of institutional and social opposition, which called their humanity, manhood, and rights to full citizenship into question. Efforts to undermine their service compromised their right to be counted among the elite and sidelined their story to the fringes of Marine Corps and U.S. history. Cameron McCoy describes the factors and pressures leading to the racial turbulence that surfaced in the Marine Corps from the end of World War II through Vietnam, and the measures taken by civilian and Marine officials to maintain and restore organizational integrity based on a foundation of white supremacy. He examines the psychological effects of institutionalized racism on African American Marines during the Vietnam era and the emergence of a new generation of black men unwilling to submit to the traditions of a Jim Crow Marine Corps. By exploring the realities American society constructed about black Marines, this work calls attention to the diverse ways in which these men coped within a strict, prejudiced organization and found greater purpose as U.S. Marines despite an embattled image. Contested Valor weaves the experiences of black Americans in the armed forces into the larger tapestry of the American racialist past and aptly captures the dilemmas, triumphs, and pitfalls that the first African American Marines encountered during the contentious eras of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. McCoy explores the creation of organizational policies designed to minimize their footprint as U.S. Marines until the social experiment of military integration faded and illustrates the discriminatory practices that further delegitimized their wartime reputation. McCoy demonstrates that black Marines’ absence from the historical record has been compounded by the negligence and oversight of past historians as the Marine Corps reckons with its racist past and its first black Marines.
Contested Valor
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Author : Cameron Demetrius McCoy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024
Contested Valor written by Cameron Demetrius McCoy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024 with HISTORY categories.
"Contested Valor is an examination of the use and status of black Marines in service during the Cold War era. It is about how these men experienced contested military integration, as well as multiple forms of institutional and social opposition, which called their humanity, manhood, and rights to full citizenship into question. Efforts to undermine their service compromised their right to be counted among the elite and sidelined their story to the fringes of Marine Corps and American history. It also explores the creation of these organizational policies designed to minimize their footprint as U.S. Marines until the social experiment of military integration faded and illustrates the discriminatory practices that further delegitimized their wartime reputation. Cameron McCoy describes the factors and pressures leading to the racial turbulence that surfaced in the Marine Corps from the end of World War II through Vietnam, and the measures taken by civilian and Marine officials to maintain and restore organizational integrity based on a foundation of white supremacy. McCoy examines the psychological effects of institutionalized racism on African American Marines during the Vietnam era and the emergence of a new generation of blacks unwilling to submit to the traditions of a Jim Crow Marine Corps. By exploring the realities American society created about black Marines, this work calls attention to the diverse ways in which these men coped within a strict prejudiced organization and found greater purpose as U.S. Marines despite an embattled image"--
Restoring Valor
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Author : Doug Sterner
language : en
Publisher: Skyhorse
Release Date : 2014-02-04
Restoring Valor written by Doug Sterner and has been published by Skyhorse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-04 with History categories.
“Terrific read. Stories of stolen valor you won’t believe, and those who hunt them down and participated in writing legislation to restore dignity to all those who have truly served in combat.” —Peter C. Lemon, recipient, Congressional Medal of Honor Stolen valor occurs when a person lies about receiving military decorations that he or she has in fact never earned. It has become a major societal problem that has been discussed numerous times in the news; according to the New York Times, the Department of Veterans Affairs paid disability benefits to more than six hundred people falsely claiming to have been POWs in the Vietnam and Persian Gulf wars. The number of stolen valor cases reported to the FBI has tripled in the last decade. In fact, more imposters lie about earning high military declarations for battlefield bravery than the actual number of real-life hero recipients. These imposters trade on tales and the trappings of military valor to secure privileges such as career advancements and even unearned veterans’ benefits. In Restoring Valor, Doug Sterner provides riveting case studies of the stolen valor imposters he’s investigated and exposed and the serious crimes—including murder—they’ve committed. He chronicles the evolution of stolen valor from the inception of the republic to today. Sterner shows why the federal law he and his wife, Pam, helped to enact—the Stolen Valor Act—is necessary. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Snapshots Of Valor Classic Reprint
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Author : Herbert Elliot
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2015-07-14
Snapshots Of Valor Classic Reprint written by Herbert Elliot and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-14 with History categories.
Excerpt from Snapshots of Valor In responding to the Editor's invitation to introduce this volume to its readers, it occurs to me that in these days the reading public (or the world, if you like), is divided into two sections - those who are participating in the actual conflict of War, and those who are only able to read about it. These must approach such a book as this from different points of view. The civilian will say, quite simply: - "Here are tales to stir our pulses and make us feel glad and proud that we are of the same blood with the men who did these things." He will add, possibly in a voice not quite so steady as usual: - "Some of us are debarred, by age or sex, from direct service; but we will gather further courage from this record of heroism to do that in this War which falls within our province. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Vanguard Of Valor Volume Ii
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Author : Combat Studies Institute Press
language : en
Publisher: Military Bookshop
Release Date : 2012-09-01
Vanguard Of Valor Volume Ii written by Combat Studies Institute Press and has been published by Military Bookshop this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-01 with History categories.
From the foreword: "The present volume, Vanguard of Valor II, offers six accounts of US Soldiers at the tip of the spear during the Afghan campaign. The Combat Studies Institute's Vanguard of Valor series is intended to document small unit actions in Afghanistan. These books play an equally important role by offering insights to Soldiers who may find themselves in the years ahead under similar conditions, whether in Afghanistan or in some other troubled land where they have been deployed to conduct the dangerous business of defending the national interest in a theater of war."
The Women And War Reader
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Author : Lois Ann Lorentzen
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 1998-07
The Women And War Reader written by Lois Ann Lorentzen and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-07 with Social Science categories.
Women play many roles during wartime. This compelling study brings together the work of foremost scholars on women and war to address questions of ethnicity, women and the war complex, peacemaking, motherhood, and more. It leaves behind outdated arguments about militarist men and pacifist women, while still recognizing differences in men's and women's relationships to war. .
The Self Perception Of Early Modern Capitalists
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Author : M. Jacob
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-04-30
The Self Perception Of Early Modern Capitalists written by M. Jacob and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-30 with History categories.
A collection of essays by leading historians of early modern Europe and the U.S., this books explores how merchants, entrepreneurs, and other early modern capitalists viewed themselves.
Routledge Handbook Of Military Ethics
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Author : George Lucas
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-05-22
Routledge Handbook Of Military Ethics written by George Lucas and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-22 with History categories.
The Routledge Handbook of Military Ethics is a comprehensive reference work that addresses concerns held in common by the military services of many nations. It attempts to discern both moral dilemmas and clusters of moral principles held in common by all practitioners of this profession, regardless of nation or culture. Comprising essays by contributors drawn from the four service branches (Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine corps) as well as civilian academics specializing in this field, this handbook discusses the relationship of "ethics" in the military setting to applied and professional ethics generally. Leading scholars and senior military practitioners from countries including the US, UK, France, China, Australia and Japan, discuss various national cultural views of the moral dimensions of military service. With reference to the responsibilities of professional orientation and education, as well as the challenges posed by recent technological developments, this handbook examines the difficulties underpinning the fundamental framework of military service. This book will be of much interest to students of military studies, war theory, ethics philosophy, sociology, war and conflict studies, and security studies.
Contested Election Territory Of Utah
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Author : Halbert E. Paine
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1879
Contested Election Territory Of Utah written by Halbert E. Paine and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1879 with Election law categories.
Portugal
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Author : Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1852
Portugal written by Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1852 with Great Britain categories.
