Waging-a-good-war-:-a-military-history-of-the-civil-rights-moveme

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Waging a good war : a military history of the civil rights movement, 1954-1968

By Ricks, Thomas E., author.

Published [2022] by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York

ISBN 9780374605162

Bib Id 2542741

Edition First edition.

Description pages cm

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Leader

03375cam a22005778i 4500

LCCN

2022-023645

ISBN

9780374605162 (hardcover) $30.00

0374605165

Call #

323.1196 R

Author

Ricks, Thomas E., author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97056222

Title

Waging a good war : a military history of the civil rights movement, 1954-1968

Varying Form of Title

Military history of the civil rights movement, 1954-1968

Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

[2022] by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York :

Description

pages cm

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

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

Summary

"A new history of the Civil Rights Movement with an emphasis on its nonviolent use of military tactics and strategy"--

Subject

African Americans--Civil rights History--20th century.

Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.

Nonviolence--United States--History--20th century.

Military art and science--United States--Miscellanea.

Tactics.

Strategy.