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Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968

byThomas Ricks

#1 New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas E. The research behind Waging a Good War draws together archival evidence, political analysis, and reconstructed events to show how the central story changed over time. The result links the military history of the civil rights movement, 1954-1968 with debates in history and political science, showing where public institutions and private experience meet. Accessible without flattening the complexity, Waging a Good War gives readers a focused account of what changed, who was affected, and why the story endures.

Publisher

Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Publication date

2022

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9780374605162