Black Sailor, White Navy: Racial Unrest in the Fleet during the Vietnam War Era - Hardcover

"A valuable contribution to the growing historiography on racial and ethnic minorities in wartime. . . . Sherwood's good writing, voluminous research, and perceptive conclusions should make his book the standard treatment of its subject." -American Historical Review "A scholarly, readable, and thought provoking account of a troubled period in American history. Readers interested in the Navy, the Vietnam conflict, and race relations will find this authoritative study invaluable." -Journal of Military History "Based on naval archives and scores of Vietnam veterans (both black and white), this book examines racial unrest in the turbulent Vietnam-era Navy and the Navy's efforts to control it." -Columbia College Today "U. S. Naval Historian Center historian John Darrell Sherwoods examines the racial situation in the Navy during the sixities and seventies and the Navy's attempts to deal with it." -The VVA Veteran "Sherwood's contribution to our understanding of the racial tension that the navy experienced as the Vietnam War ended for American troops should interest military historians and students of the Vietnam War."-Ron Milam,Military History of the West "Highly Recommended" -The Hook