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On American Soil

Name: On American Soil
Author: Jack Hamann

Jack Hamann

05 March 2007

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Book Synopsis

During the night of August 14, 1944, an Italian prisoner of war was lynched on the Fort Lawton army base in Seattle--a murder that shocked the nation and the international community. It was a time of deep segregation in the army, and the War Department was quick to charge three African American soldiers with first-degree murder, although there was no evidence linking them to the crime. Forty other black soldiers faced lesser charges over the incident, launching one of the largest and longest army trials of World War II. In this harrowing story of race, privilege, and power, Jack Hamann explores the most overlooked civil rights event in American history. On American Soil raises important questions about how justice is carried out when a country is at war, offering vital lessons on the tensions between national security and individual rights. A V Ethel Willis White Book

About The Author

Jack Hamann has been a news reporter, network correspondent, and documentary producer for more than two decades and has served most recently as Seattle bureau chief for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. He has won ten Emmy Awards for his work. On American Soil won the 2005 Investigative Reporters and Editors Book Award; previous winners include Bob Woodward, Seymour Hersh, and Neil Sheehan, among others.

Product Details

ISBN: 9780295744742
Format: Hardback
Publisher: University of Washington Press, (05 March 2007)
Number of Pages: 384
Weight: 771 grams
Language: English
Dimensions: 229 x 152 mm
Categories:: Second World War Ethnic studies