Abstract
This first volume in the War and Society in Modern American History series from Lexington Books contains five essays, along with a foreword by Hal M. Friedman, an introduction by the editor Robert F. Jefferson Jr., and an afterword by Peter Karsten—all highly regarded military historians. Friedman and Jefferson cite as an inspiration Rayford Logan, who was my undergraduate adviser many years ago at Howard University. Logan's academic career was shaped by service as an officer in World War I, and he emphasized the importance of military service in the struggle for civil rights. The essays themselves, as Friedman observes, illuminate how military service influenced veterans' lives, motivated them to take up the struggle, and taught them skills in organization, leadership, and communication. The first three essays cover the period before President Harry S. Truman directed desegregation of the armed forces. Kevin D. Greene's “‘We Never Get to Be Men’”...
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