Lost Battalions The Great War and the Crisis of American Nationality
, by Slotkin, RichardNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780805081381 | 0805081380
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 10/3/2006
During the bloodiest days of World War I, no soldiers served more valiantly than the African-American troops of the 369th Infantry-the fabled Harlem Hell Fighters-and the legendary 77th "lost battalion" composed of New York City immigrants. They had been promised civil equality in exchange for loyal service. But although they lived up to their side of the bargain, the country to which they returned simply reaffirmed the laws and social customs that had stigmatized them as second-class citizens.