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

by John Darrell Sherwood

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814740367
• ISBN13: 9780814740361
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.1"