Troubled Water: Race, Mutiny, and Bravery on the "USS Kitty Hawk"
Autor Gregory A. Freemanen Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 aug 2009
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780230613614
ISBN-10: 0230613616
Pagini: 272
Ilustrații: includes 8 pp b&w photos
Dimensiuni: 161 x 244 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Palgrave
Locul publicării:Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0230613616
Pagini: 272
Ilustrații: includes 8 pp b&w photos
Dimensiuni: 161 x 244 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Palgrave
Locul publicării:Basingstoke, United Kingdom
Cuprins
Introduction
Seal the Hatch
A New Captain
A New XO
America at Sea
A Long, Difficult Journey
The Dap Fight
Sailing into Troubled Water
A Raised Fist
They're Going to Kill Us All!
It's Really Happening
This is Mutiny!
Captain, I Am Scared to Death
He is a Brother!
By a Higher Authority
Plain Criminals
Seal the Hatch
A New Captain
A New XO
America at Sea
A Long, Difficult Journey
The Dap Fight
Sailing into Troubled Water
A Raised Fist
They're Going to Kill Us All!
It's Really Happening
This is Mutiny!
Captain, I Am Scared to Death
He is a Brother!
By a Higher Authority
Plain Criminals
Recenzii
Praise for Gregory A. Freeman's previous works:Sailors to the End: 'A doozy of a story.'- Atlanta Journal-Constitution '[A] thorough, absorbing account.'- Library Journal 'An excellent book... Freeman does an admirable job of relating this story that has been untold for too long.'- The Springfield (IL) State Journal-Register (Sailors to the End) The Forgotten 500:
'Exciting…breathtaking.'- Booklist
'Fascinating…full of romance, action, and adventure…told with skill and grace.'- America in WWII
'Exciting…breathtaking.'- Booklist
'Fascinating…full of romance, action, and adventure…told with skill and grace.'- America in WWII
Notă biografică
GREGORY A.FREEMAN is an award-winning writer with more than 25 years experience in journalism and historical nonfiction. He has won over two dozen awards for his writing, including the coveted Sigma Delta Chi Award for Excellence from the Society of Professional Journalists. His books include The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of The Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II, Lay This Body Down: The 1921 Murders of Eleven Plantation Slaves, and the acclaimed Sailors to the End: The Deadly Fire on the USS Forrestal and the Heroes Who Fought it. He lives in Roswell, Georgia.
Caracteristici
Freeman is an established military historian with a solid sales track. He has a following among military history readers, a market we know how to tap into thanks in part to our special relationship with the Weider History group
The official record claims there was no mutiny and underplayed the racial tensions on the USS Kittyhawk. Freeman explains in full what happened, revealing that it was in fact mutiny, its implications in terms of racism in the navy and how this event reflected American racial politics at the time as well as the growing tension surrounding the Vietnam War.
The book combines gripping military history with tense racial politics, all against the backdrop of the increasingly unpopular war in Vietnam
There were tensions among the men on many levels on Kitty Hawk – between races, class, sailors vs. marines, and enlisted men vs. volunteers. In that stage of the Vietnam War there had been a relaxation of the strictures on who was enlisted, so that some of the men on board had dubious backgrounds, much like now in Iraq