A Black Army

Pauline Peretz teaches American History at the Université Paris 8 and is a senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France. She is the author of several books, including Une armée noire, the French edition of this book.

• List of Figures; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms; Introduction: An Experiment in Race Relations; 1. An All-Black Post in the Middle of the Arizona Desert; 2. Fourteen Thousand Black Infantrymen; 3. Separated by the Color Line; 4. A State-of-the-Art All-Black Hospital; 5. Fry: City of 'Vice'; 6. A 'Plantation'?; 7. Respectable Women; 8. An Experiment in Integration; 9. The First Departure; 10. A Southern Ambiance; 11. The Mecca of Entertainment?; 12. Ready for Combat; Conclusion: The Outcome of an Experiment; Sources and Select Bibliography; Index.

'A Black Army is a rewarding read. Focusing on Fort Huachuca, the largest Black training camp in US history, Peretz offers a deeply-researched, absorbing account of African American soldiers' day-to-day lives in America's World War II Army.' Tom Guglielmo, George Washington University