{"product_id":"the-african-american-experience-in-vietnam-brothers-in-arms-paperback","title":"The African American Experience in Vietnam: Brothers in Arms - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames E. Westheider\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJacqueline M. Moore\u003c\/b\u003e (Other), \u003cb\u003eNina Mjagkij\u003c\/b\u003e (Other)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book James E. Westheider explores the social and professional paradoxes facing African-American soldiers in Vietnam. Service in the military started as a demonstration of the merits of integration as blacks competed with whites on a near equal basis for the first time. Yet as the war in Vietnam progressed, many black recruits felt isolated and threatened in an institution controlled almost totally by whites. Consequently, many blacks no longer viewed the military as a professional opportunity, but an undue burden on the black community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames E. Westheider is associate professor of American history and interim chair of the Humanities Division at the University of Cincinnati-Clermont College and a faculty member there since 1998. He is the author of Fighting on Two Fronts: African-Americans and the Vietnam War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 8.86 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 20, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131989889159,"sku":"9780742545328","price":71.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/2fcedaa98cd2d3605aa124fc0de49c6a.webp?v=1732622891","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-african-american-experience-in-vietnam-brothers-in-arms-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}