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Author Ricks, Thomas E., author. 97056222
Title Waging a good war : a military history of the civil rights movement, 1954-1968 / Thomas E. Ricks.
Alternative Title Military history of the civil rights movement, 1954-1968
Publisher New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2022]
Edition First edition.


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Descript xiv, 422 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 24 cm
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Edition First edition.
Contents 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
ISBN 9780374605162
0374605165
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Author Ricks, Thomas E., author. 97056222
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 -- Miscellanea.
Tactics.
Strategy.
Alternative Title Military history of the civil rights movement, 1954-1968
Descript xiv, 422 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 24 cm
Content text txt
Media unmediated n
Carrier volume nc
Edition First edition.
Contents 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
ISBN 9780374605162
0374605165
Author Ricks, Thomas E., author. 97056222
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 -- Miscellanea.
Tactics.
Strategy.
Alternative Title Military history of the civil rights movement, 1954-1968
LOCATION SHELVED AT LOAN TYPE STATUS
 Wilberforce Institute  E 185.61 R5  NOT FOR LOAN  ASK AT DEPT

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 -- Miscellanea.
Tactics.
Strategy.
Descript xiv, 422 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 24 cm
Content text txt
Media unmediated n
Carrier volume nc
Contents 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
ISBN 9780374605162
0374605165
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