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Black Sailor, White Navy: Racial Unrest in the Fleet During the Vietnam War Era
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Black Sailor, White Navy: Racial Unrest in the Fleet During the Vietnam War Era Hardcover - 2007

by John Darrell Sherwood


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It is hard to determine what dominated more newspaper headlines in America during the 1960s and early '70s: the Vietnam War or America's turbulent racial climate. Oddly, however, these two pivotal moments are rarely examined in tandem.
John Darrell Sherwood has mined the archives of the U.S. Navy and conducted scores of interviews with Vietnam veterans -- both black and white -- and other military personnel to reveal the full extent of racial unrest in the Navy during the Vietnam War era, as well as the Navy's attempts to control it. During the second half of the Vietnam War, the Navy witnessed some of the worst incidents of racial strife ever experienced by the American military. Sherwood introduces us to fierce encounters on American warships and bases, ranging from sit-down strikes to major race riots.
The Navy's journey from a state of racial polarization to one of relative harmony was not an easy one, and Black Sailor, White Navy focuses on the most turbulent point in this road: the Vietnam War era.

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  • Title Black Sailor, White Navy: Racial Unrest in the Fleet During the Vietnam War Era
  • Author John Darrell Sherwood
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 344
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher New York University Press, Stanford
  • Date 2007-11-01
  • ISBN 9780814740361 / 0814740367
  • Weight 1.36 lbs (0.62 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.05 x 6.44 x 1.1 in (22.99 x 16.36 x 2.79 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1960's
    • Chronological Period: 1970's
    • Cultural Region: Southeast Asian
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Topical: Black History
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Race relations - History -, Racism - United States - History - 20th
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006102458
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.545
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