Racial Beachhead: Diversity and Democracy in a Military Town

by Carol Lynn McKibben

Book Overview

In 1917, Fort Ord was established in the tiny subdivision of Seaside, California. Over the course of the 20th century, it held great national and military importance--a major launching point for World War II operations, the first base in the military to undergo complete integration, the West Coast's most important training base for draftees in the Vietnam War, a site of important civil rights movements--until its closure in the 1990s. Alongside...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804776997
• ISBN13: 9780804776998
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"