C2980c: Black Warriors from Antiquity to the Present

by Betty L. Alt and William E. Alt

Book Overview

This overview explores the use of black people, either through coercion or enticement, in the armed forces of predominantly white societies in times of crisis when the supply of white soldiers was exhausted or when whites refused to fill the ranks of a wartime army. A chronological review, the study begins with references to Biblical armies and ends with the technological environment of the modern world, looking at how blacks were employed, exploited...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275976211
• ISBN13: 9780275976217
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 10.0"