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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
Contents
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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