Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965
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- INTEGRATION OF THE ARMED FORCES 1940-1965
- DEFENSE STUDIES SERIES INTEGRATION OF THE ARMED FORCES 1940-1965
- Defense Historical Studies Committee (as of 6 April 1979)
- Department of the Army Historical Advisory Committee (as of 6 April 1979)
- Foreword
- The Author
- Preface
- Illustrations
- Tables
- INTEGRATION OF THE ARMED FORCES 1940-1965
- CHAPTER 1
- The Armed Forces Before 1940
- Civil Rights and the Law in 1940
- To Segregate Is To Discriminate
- CHAPTER 2
- A War Policy: Reaffirming Segregation
- Segregation and Efficiency
- The Need for Change
- Internal Reform: Amending Racial Practices
- Two Exceptions
- CHAPTER 3
- Development of a Wartime Policy
- A Segregated Navy
- Progressive Experiments
- Forrestal Takes the Helm
- CHAPTER 4
- The First Black Marines
- New Roles for Black Coast Guardsmen
- CHAPTER 5
- Black Demands
- The Army's Grand Review
- The Navy's Informal Inspection
- CHAPTER 6
- The Gillem Board Report
- Integration of the General Service
- The Marine Corps
- CHAPTER 7
- The Quota in Practice
- Broader Opportunities
- Assignments
- A New Approach
- The Quota System: An Assessment
- CHAPTER 8
- Discipline and Morale Among Black Troops
- Improving the Status of the Segregated Soldier
- Discrimination and the Postwar Army
- Segregation in Theory and Practice
- Segregation: An Assessment
- CHAPTER 9
- The Steward's Branch
- Black Officers
- Public Image and the Problem of Numbers
- CHAPTER 10
- Racial Quotas and Assignments
- Recruitment
- Segregation and Efficiency
- Toward Integration
- CHAPTER 11
- Segregation and Efficiency
- Impulse for Change
- CHAPTER 12
- The Truman Administration and Civil Rights
- Civil Rights and the Department of Defense
- Executive Order 9981
- CHAPTER 13
- Public Reaction to Executive Order 9981
- The Army: Segregation on the Defensive
- A Different Approach
- The Navy: Business as Usual
- Adjustments in the Marine Corps
- The Air Force Plans for Limited Integration
- CHAPTER 14
- The Committee's Recommendations
- A Summer of Discontent
- Assignments
- Quotas
- An Assessment
- CHAPTER 15
- Overseas Restrictions
- Congressional Concerns
- CHAPTER 16
- The Air Force, 1949-1951
- The Navy and Executive Order 9981
- CHAPTER 17
- Race and Efficiency: 1950
- Training
- Performance of Segregated Units
- Final Arguments
- Integration of the Eighth Army
- Integration of the European and Continental Commands
- CHAPTER 18
- Impetus for Change
- Assignments
- CHAPTER 19
- The Civil Rights Revolution
- Limitations on Executive Order 9981
- Integration of Navy Shipyards
- Dependent Children and Integrated Schools
- CHAPTER 20
- The Kennedy Administration and Civil Rights
- The Department of Defense, 1961-1963
- Discrimination Off the Military Reservation
- Reserves and Regulars: A Comparison
- CHAPTER 21
- The Secretary Makes a Decision
- The Gesell Committee
- Reaction to a New Commitment
- The Gesell Committee: Final Report
- CHAPTER 22
- Creating a Civil Rights Apparatus
- Fighting Discrimination Within the Services
- CHAPTER 23
- Development of Voluntary Action Programs
- Civil Rights, 1964-1966
- The Civil Rights Act and Voluntary Compliance
- The Limits of Voluntary Compliance
- CHAPTER 24
- Why the Services Integrated
- How the Services Integrated, 1946-1954
- Equal Treatment and Opportunity
- Note on Sources
- Official Archival Material
- Personal Collections
- Interviews
- Printed Materials
- Index
- U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1981 0-305-168
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