Waging a good war a military history of the civil rights movement, 1954-1968
"A new history of the Civil Rights Movement with an emphasis on its nonviolent use of military tactics and strategy"--
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
2022
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Ricks, Thomas E., |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Waging a good war : |b a military history of the civil rights movement, 1954-1968 / |c Thomas E. Ricks. |
| 246 | 3 | 0 | |a Military history of the civil rights movement, 1954-1968 |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Farrar, Straus and Giroux, |c 2022 | |
| 264 | 4 | |c Ã2022 | |
| 300 | |a xx, 422 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-389) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Preface : a different angle on the civil rights movement -- Introduction : stirrings, 1865-1954 -- Montgomery, 1955-1956 : besieging a city -- Nashville, 1960 : developing a nonviolent cadre -- The Freedom Rides, 1961 : a raid behind enemy lines -- The Albany movement, 1961-1962 : stymied by an adaptive adversary -- Ole Miss, 1962 : a racial confrontation that lacked movement input -- Early Birmingham, Spring 1963 : putting children on the front lines -- The March on Washington, mid-1963 : taking the national stage -- Later Birmingham, Fall 1963 : counter-escalation against children -- Oxford, Ohio, June 1964 : SNCC prepares to assault a state -- The Battle of Mississippi, July and August 1964 : Freedom Summer -- Selma, 1965 : victory -- and factionalization -- Chicago, 1966 : a bridge too far -- Memphis, 1968 : the costs of it all -- Epilogue: the good war today | |
| 520 | |a "A new history of the Civil Rights Movement with an emphasis on its nonviolent use of military tactics and strategy"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a African Americans |x Civil rights |x History |y 20th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Civil rights movements |z United States |x History |y 20th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Nonviolence |z United States |x History |y 20th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Military art and science |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Tactics. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Strategy. | |
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