Waging a good war

a military history of the Civil Rights Movement 1954-1968
Thomas E Ricks
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"A new history of the Civil Rights Movement with an emphasis on its nonviolent use of military tactics and strategy"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ricks, Thomas E. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
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505 0 |a 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 
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