BLACK SOLDIERS IN WHITE ARMIES: RACE, CLASS AND WAR
Book ID/图书代码： 00530016B87851
English Summary/英文概要： African origin soldiers have been part of British and American armies for over 250 years and yet the full story of their military service is still not widely known. Five thousand African Americans fought for their new nation’s liberty in the American War of Independence in all-black units. Over two thousand African Caribbeans of the West India Regiment fought against German and Turkish forces in Africa and the Middle East during the First World War, with several of them being mentioned in dispatches and one winning the Distinguished Conduct Medal.It is a story of forgotten heroes, like William Hall, the first African origin soldier to win the Victoria Cross, or Africanus Horton, one of the first Africans to qualify as a medical doctor and serve as a British officer, attaining the rank of Surgeon Major. Then there is Benjamin O Davis Sr, who rose from Buffalo soldier to be the first African American general in the US Army in WW2, and his son, commanding officer of the 99thPursuit Squadron in Europe, became the first African American general in the USAF.
But there is scandal too. Clashes between white officers and black soldiers exposed racial and class divides. In Liverpool during WW1, a riot broke out when soldiers of the British West Indies Regiment were placed in a hospital with non-Christian colonial troops who did not speak English. In Taranto, black soldiers mutinied because they were being treated as ‘coolies’ to unload ships and not as fighting troops. This anger came to a head in 1918 when they were not awarded the pay rise given to British soldiers because the War Office considered them colonial troops.
From Buffalo Soldiers to the 369th ‘Harlem Hellfighters’, from black bandsmen to war heroes in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, this is the first popular history book to tell the epic story of African origin soldiers in British and American armies in their words, taken from personal journals, diaries and interviews. In the same style as Tim Newark’s acclaimed Highlander and The Fighting Irish, each chapter focuses on one soldier and tells the story through his first-hand experience
Based on archival research and veteran interviews, this book reveals some startling facts.
US President Barack Obama’s paternal grandfather served in the King’s African Rifles. As did Ugandan dictator Idi Amin.
More black African soldiers fought with the British against the Mau Mau than with them.
Many famous black sportsmen from Tottenham football star Walter Tull to champion boxer Nigel Benn, the ‘Dark Destroyer’, and Olympic medallist Kriss Akabusi have served in the British Army.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在过去的250年里，非洲裔士兵已经成为了英国和美国军队的一部分，可是他们整个从军生涯故事仍然没有众人周知。无千名非洲裔美国人在美国独立战争中，为建设新国家的自由而全身而战。超过两千非洲加勒比海西印度军团在第一次世界大战期间，在非洲和中东战场，对阵德国和土耳其军队，他们中的一些人曾荣获【英国陆军】特等军功章。
在这些被遗忘的英雄故事里有，像第一个荣获维多利亚十字勋章的非洲裔士兵威廉姆•霍尔，以及第一位获得外科医师资格的，身兼军医和英国军官的，阿弗里卡纳斯•霍顿。还有本杰明 O 戴维斯爵士，从一名布法罗士兵成为二战中，第一位非洲裔美国将军，而他的儿子，是欧洲，第99中队指挥官，后来成为美国空军第一位非洲裔美国将军。
但这些故事中也有丑闻。白人军官和黑人士兵之间的冲突暴露种族和阶级划分。在利物浦期一战期间，当英属西印度群岛兵团的士兵被安置在与不说英语的非基督徒殖民地军队的医院时，爆发一场骚乱。在塔兰托（意大利东南部城市），黑人士兵因为他们被当作 ’苦力’ 而卸载船而不是作为战斗部队的待遇而发生哗变。1918年，当他们因战争办公室认为他们殖民军队，而没有得到英国士兵加薪的待遇时，这种愤愤不平并埋下了种子。
从水牛战士到第 369 ‘哈莱姆的地狱斗士‘，从黑人乐手到韩国、越南、伊拉克和阿富汗的战争英雄，这是第一本用英美军人，个人日记，信件和访谈记录下的，一部非洲裔士兵的通俗史书。
本书根据档案研究和和退伍军人的深入访谈，揭示了一些令人吃惊的事实。
美国总统奥巴马的祖父就曾服役于非洲皇家步枪队。乌干达独裁者伊迪•阿明也曾效力于这支部队。
更多非洲黑人士兵同英国人一同对抗茅茅党（肯尼亚1951年出现的反对英国殖民统治的武装组织）。
还有许多著名的黑人运动员，如来自托特纳姆热刺队的足球明星沃尔特•塔尔，以及号称‘黑暗的驱逐舰’的拳击手冠军奈杰尔•本，和曾效力于英国军队的，奥运奖牌得主克里斯•阿卡布斯。
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About the Author/作者介绍： 蒂姆•纽瓦克创作了多本广受欢迎的军事历史方面的作品，如《战斗中的黑手党和高地人》。他曾任《图解军事》的编辑、BBC 环球服务有限公司及历史频道电视纪录片的编剧和历史顾问，例如著名的纪录片《希特勒卫队》就出自他手。蒂姆•纽瓦克现任《金融时报》军事历史图书的评论员。近期在美国HBO电视剧热播剧《大西洋帝国》就是根据纽瓦克的《查理•卢西安诺》传记为蓝本而改编的。Tim Newark is the author of several well-received crime and military history books. In 2007, he published The Mafia at War/Mafia Allies(Greenhill/Zenith), which involved extensive archival research in London, New York, Washington, and Sicily. It was very well reviewed by Mafia authorities and praised for its depth of research. This was followed by his myth-busting biography of legendary gangster Lucky Luciano (St Martin’s Press/Mainstream), now published in paperback in US asBoardwalk Gangster to coincide with the second season of the hit HBO TV series Boardwalk Empire.
Most recently, he has published Highlander (Constable) and Empire of Crime (Mainstream), a pioneering study of organised crime inside the British Empire, which made news headlines in the Daily Mail, Daily Express and Metro with its revelatory stories. He has also worked as a TV scriptwriter and historical consultant, resulting in seven TV documentary series for BBC Worldwide and the History Channel, including the 13-part TV series Hitler’s Bodyguard. He featured in a WMR/Yesterday documentary series, Secret War, talking about the Mafia in World War Two. He has contributed articles and book reviews to the Financial Times, Telegraph and TimeOut.
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