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

Waging a good war : a military history of the civil rights movement, 1954-1968 / Thomas E. Ricks.

Ricks, Thomas E., (author.).

Summary:

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

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780374605162
  • ISBN: 0374605165
  • Physical Description: xx, 422 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 340-389) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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

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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.
Tactics.
Strategy.

Available copies

  • 4 of 4 copies available at Lehigh Valley Library System.

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Allentown Public Library 323.1196 RICK (Text) 34455006941393 Adult Nonfiction 2nd FL Available -
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