The Armed Forces And American Social Change An Unwritten Truth
Troy Mosley
This is a very illuminating piece of writing, learning and history. ‘The Armed Forces and American Social Change An Unwritten Truth’ is written by a man by the name of Troy Mosley. This would make a great textbook for a Human services, American history, and/or even a Counseling course. This is a book that covers military history and society as part of a certain community of people in the whole community.
Troy Mosley has written a well-detailed reference book that teaches the readers how our country accepts various people and cultures throughout the years. My favorite parts of this book were the sections of early military history as well as all the graphs that are presented throughout the book that are well-depicted and did explain the text that they illustrated. This is also a book that did give the reader a new way of looking at the veteran no matter what gender, race or creed that they happened to be at any time during history. Troy has written this book for the non-history readers as well as for history buffs. He has made want to learn more about this subject and learn how to make the present better and hopefully into the future by learning about the past and teaching the acceptance of others.
The Armed Forces and American Social Change is a powerful depiction of black Americans’ struggle for equality told through the lens of uniformed military service. Troy Mosley uses superb storytelling, personal vignettes, and historical examples to show how millions of Americans have lifted themselves from oppression through opportunities gleaned from military service. Collectively, these efforts exerted positive outward pressure on American society, which by and large has resisted social change. One unique aspect of combat is that rarely are Americans more equal than when thrust into harm’s way. It has been said there are no atheists in combat; similarly, racism, sexism, and homophobia quickly go by the wayside when under enemy fire. Yet in the 19th century and well into the 21st, America’s military policies regarding the use of manpower could best be described as an awkward attempt to balance the requirement to win the nation’s wars while supporting a socio-political caste system. President Harry Truman signed Executive Order 9981 on July 26, 1948 in response to police violence perpetrated against black veterans. His actions broke this trend and set the military on the path toward true meritocracy
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