Integration of the armed Forces 1940 - 1965

Good condition book hardback Terracota brown boards no DJ. 647 pages good and clean with clear print, indexed. Ex Library - Royal College of Defence Studies. .No foxing, no previous names. Boards bumped at the corners. 'In the quarter century that followed American entry into World War II, the nation's armed forces moved from the reluctant inclusion of a few segregated Negroes to their routine acceptance in a racially integrated military establishmen. Nor was this change confined to military installations. By the time it was over, the armed forces had redefined their tradional obligation for the welfare of their members to include a promise of equal treatment for black servicemen wherever they might be. There are many black and white photographs within the book.