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James E, Westheider, the author of Fighting On Two Fronts: African Americans and the Vietnam War, has a professorship at the University of Cincinnati. James E Westheider has obtained a PhD from the University of Cincinnati in the year of 1993. Since then Westheider has published several books pertaining to the Vietnam War and African Americans involvement in the Vietnam war. In dealing with the acceptable size of credentials Westheider has more than proven that he knows what he is talking about in relation to the Vietnam War. Within the acknowledgments section of Westheider’s book he gives many thinks and acknowledgments to groups and people. Ranging from the US Military History Institute at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania to colleagues to friends showing moral support. Of course this is just a small example of the numerous groups of people that Westheider acknowledges within this section of his book Fighting On Two Fronts: African Americans and the Vietnam War. With the construction of Westheider’s citation index he appears to of decided to make a clear system of organization. Westheider splits the list into seven sections; “Archive and Manuel Collections,” “Dissertations,” Published Studies and Primary Sources,” “Books,” “Articles,” “Newspapers 1962-1978,” and “Interviews with the Author.”
Part II: Arguments
Chapter one is entitled “Good Soldiers” African Americans and the Right to Serve. The author’s main subject of this chapter is to discuss the introduction of African American soldiers into the military prior to the Vietnam War. “Historically, the black community had viewed wartime military service as a chance for social and economic advancement, as well as an opportunity to erase the myth that whites were superior fighti...

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...nam War: Fighting On Two Fronts show’s incredible information pertaining to the struggle that the African Americans faced during the Vietnam War. Westheider allowed the reader to dive into the era of racial reforms in the military during the Vietnam War. Westheider compiled stunning information pertaining to this particular era of military reforms that I personally had very little knowledge of. To a person who has very limited or no knowledge pertaining to this subject Westheider’s book allows for the clarification and growth needed in a very easy to read, compact, and correctly factual book. Westheider showed the reader when and how tough it was for a race to gain acceptance and the difficult process in which these people had to take.

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Westheider, James E. African Americans and the Vietnam War: Fighting On Two Fronts. New York: New York UP, 1997. 8-176

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