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African Americans' long campaign for “the right to fight” forced Harry Truman to issue his 1948 executive order calling for equality of treatment and opportunity in the armed forces. In War! What Is It Good For?, Kimberley Phillips examines how blacks' participation in the nation’s wars after Truman’s order and their protracted struggles for equal citizenship galvanized a vibrant antiwar activism that reshaped their struggles for freedom.

Using an array of sources — from newspapers and gover...

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History Social Sciences Current Affairs & Politics African Americans United States History African Americans - General & Miscellaneous African American History Civil & Human Rights 20th Century United States History - General & Miscellaneous African American History 20th Century United States History - 1945 to 2000 20th Century American History - General & Miscellaneous African Americans - General & Miscellaneous Civil Rights - African American History African Americans - Military History 20th Century American History - Civil Rights Civil Rights - United States Civil Rights - Movements & Figures

War! What Is It Good For?: Black Freedom Struggles and the U.S. Military from World War II to Iraq