A Black Army: Segregation and the US Military at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, 1941–1945 (Military, War, and Society in Modern American History) - Hardcover

Peretz, Pauline

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1009521497 ISBN 13: 9781009521499

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2025

Synopsis

From 1941 to 1945, 30,000 African-American infantrymen were stationed at Fort Huachuca near the Mexican border. It was the only 'black post' in the country. Separated from white troops and civilian communities, these infantrymen were forced to accept the rules and discipline that the US Army, convinced of their racial inferiority, wanted to impose on them. Mistrustful of black soldiers, the Army feared mutiny and organized a harsh segregation that included strict confinement, control of the infantrymen during training and leisure, and the physical separation of white and black officers to diffuse any suggestion that equality of rank translated into social equality. In this book, available for the first time in English, Pauline Peretz uncovers America's tortuous relationship with its black soldiers against the backdrop of a war fought in the name of democracy.

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About the Author

Pauline Peretz teaches American History at the Université Paris 8 and is a senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France. She is the author of several books, including Une armée noire, the French edition of this book.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1009521497
• ISBN 13: 9781009521499
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352