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"By the Tet Offensive in early 1968, what had been widely heralded as the best qualified, best-trained army in US history was descending into crisis as the Vietnam War raged without end. Morale was tanking. AWOL rates were rising. And in August of that year, a group of Black soldiers seized control of the infamous Long Binh Jail, burned buildings, and beat a white inmate to death with a shovel. The days of 'same mud, same blood' were over, and by the end of the decade, a new generation of Black GIs had decisively rejected the slights and institutional racism their forefathers had endured. Acclaimed military historian Beth Bailey shows how the Army experienced, defined, and tried to solve racism and racial tension (in its own words, 'the problem of race') in the Vietnam War era. Some individuals were sympathetic to the problem but offered solutions that were more performative than transformational, while others proposed remedies that were antithetical to the army's fundamental principles of discipline, order, hierarchy, and authority. Bailey traces a frustrating yet fascinating arc where the army initially rushed to create solutions without taking the time to fully identify the origins, causes, and proliferation of racial tension. It was a difficult, messy process, but only after Army leaders ceased viewing the issue as a Black issue and accepted their own roles in contributing to the problem did change become possible"--

"By the Tet Offensive in early 1968, what had been widely heralded as the best qualified, best-trained army in US history was descending into crisis as the Vietnam War raged without end. Morale was tanking. AWOL rates were rising. And in August of that year, a group of Black soldiers seized control of the infamous Long Binh Jail, burned buildings, and beat a white inmate to death with a shovel. The days of 'same mud, same blood' were over, and by the end of the decade, a new generation of Black GIs had decisively rejected the slights and institutional racism their forefathers had endured. Acclaimed military historian Beth Bailey shows how the Army experienced, defined, and tried to solve racism and racial tension (in its own words, 'the problem of race') in the Vietnam War era. Some individuals were sympathetic to the problem but offered solutions that were more performative than transformational, while others proposed remedies that were antithetical to the army's fundamental principles of discipline, order, hierarchy, and authority. Bailey traces a frustrating yet fascinating arc where the army initially rushed to create solutions without taking the time to fully identify the origins, causes, and proliferation of racial tension. It was a difficult, messy process, but only after Army leaders ceased viewing the issue as a Black issue and accepted their own roles in contributing to the problem did change become possible"--

Individual freedom and the obligations of citizenship -- Repairing the Army -- The Army in the marketplace -- Race, "quality," and the hollow Army -- "If you like Ms., you'll love Pvt." -- The all-recruited Army -- The Army as social good -- The warrior ethos

Introduction: December 7/8, 1941 / Beth Bailey and David Farber -- Prologue: The attacks of December 7/8 / Beth Bailey -- The attack on Pearl Harbor ... and Guam, Wake Island, Philippines, Thailand, Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong : December 7/8, the Pacific world, American empire, and the American political imaginary / Beth Bailey and David Farber -- "American lives" : Pearl Harbor and war in the US empire / Daniel Immerwahr -- Japan and the "spirit of December 8" / Jeremy A. Yellen -- Popular Japanese responses to the Pearl Harbor attack, December 8, 1941, to January 8, 1942 / Samuel Hideo Yamashita -- Identities and alliances : China's place in the world after Pearl Harbor, 1941-1945 / Rana Mitter -- Worldly medicine in wartime China : an exploration of Pearl Harbor's unintended consequences / Nicole Elizabeth Barnes -- Pearl Harbor and the Asian cultural turn / Ethan Mark -- The Philippines and the politics of anticipation / Christopher Capozzola -- Pearl Harbor and Australia's war in the Pacific / Kate Darian-Smith -- Tolerance, reconciliation, and alliance of hope : Pearl Harbor narratives in Japan / Yujin Yaguchi.

Introduction / Beth Bailey and Richard H. Immerman -- Part I. The wars and their origins -- The wars' entangled roots: regional realities and Washington's vision / Michael A. Reynolds -- 9/11: Bush's response / Terry H. Anderson -- Part II. The possibilities and limits of American military and diplomatic strategy -- Intelligence and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan / Richard H. Immerman -- Assessing strategic choices in the War on Terror / Stephen Biddle and Peter D. Feaver -- Military strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq: learning and adapting under fire at home and in the field / Conrad Crane -- Human rights as a weapon of war / Jonathan Horowitz -- Part III. Waging and the wages of war -- The combatants' experiences / Lisa Mundey -- Fighting (against) the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan / David Farber -- Limited war in the age of total media / Sam Lebovic -- "Watching war made us immune": the popular culture of the wars / Andrew C. McKevitt -- Part IV. Lessons and legacies -- Veterans' readjustment after the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars / David Kieran -- The lessons and legacies of the War in Iraq / Robert K. Brigham -- The lessons and legacies of the War in Afghanistan / Aaron B. O'Connell

"This collection of essays brings together historians and policy scholars whose chapters offer insight into the ways that the U.S. military manages the sexual behaviors, practices, and identities of its service members"--