Fighting for Rights : Military Service and the Politics of Citizenship.
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Fighting for Rights -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Archival Sources and Abbreviations -- 1. A School for the Nation? -- 2. The Power of Military Service -- Part I. The IDF and the Making of Israel: The Jewish State and Its Arab Minorities -- Introduction -- 3. Confronting a Land with People -- 4. Two Roads to Jerusalem -- 5. Military Rites, Citizenship Rights, and Republican Rhetoric -- Conclusion -- Part II. The Perpetual Dilemma: Race and the U.S. Armed Forces -- Introduction -- 6. Great War, Great Hopes, and the Perils of Closing Ranks -- 7. Good War, Cold War, and the Limits of Liberalism -- Conclusion -- 8. Unusual Duties, Usual Rights: Soldiering and Citizenship -- Notes -- Index.
Military service, Ronald R. Krebs argues, can play a critical role in bolstering minorities' efforts to grasp full and unfettered rights.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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