Shield of David: A History of Jewish Servicemen in America's Armed Forces

by Chaim M. Rosenberg

Overview

Jews first arrived in the New World in 1654, seeking religious freedom. Since the beginning of American nationhood, Jewish volunteers and conscripts fought in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, on both sides of the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, in both World Wars, and in the Korean, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Over the years, the American military learned to integrate its Jewish servicemen and women by providing Jewish military chaplains, kosher food, religious services, and placing the Star of David on the graves of fallen Jewish soldiers.

The end of conscription and the establishment of the All-Volunteer Force in 1973 offered other paths to serve our country. American Jews have contributed with distinction in the arts and sciences, academia, entertainment, government, and in building the economy. For Jews, America is the Goldene Medina—the Golden Country.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940186661924
Publisher:	Wicked Son
Publication date:	11/29/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	13 MB
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About the Author

Chaim Rosenberg was born in South Africa, lived in Tel Aviv, London, and Sydney before settling a half-century ago in the United States. After a gratifying career in Psychiatry, affiliated with Harvard and Boston University medical schools, he turned to the study of American history, writing fifteen books focused largely on the role of the individual in shaping American greatness. He wrote a biography of Francis Cabot Lowell, whose 1814 water-powered textile mill was the beginning of America's industrial revolution; and Cyrus Hall McCormick, whose horse-powered harvesting machine revolutionized agriculture worldwide. Rosenberg's other books focus on the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, child labor in America, and the Loyalists in the American Revolutionary War. His book Yankee Colonies Across America won the 2016 non-fiction prize of the New England Society in the City of New York. Shield of David tells the role of Jews in the American armed forces from the Revolutionary War to our times.