{"product_id":"2940148836957","title":"Combat Multipliers: African-American Soldiers in Four Wars","description":"This study by Lieutenant Colonel Krewasky A. Salter represents a\u003cbr\u003ededicated effort to draw attention to African-American units and service\u003cbr\u003emembers over four major wars covering some 170 years. His background\u003cbr\u003ein military history and African-American history, along with his numerous\u003cbr\u003eprofessional research, publications, and teaching experiences in both civilian\u003cbr\u003eand military institutions, makes him imminently qualified to undertake\u003cbr\u003ethis project. As a battalion command selectee, Salter has had a remarkable\u003cbr\u003ecareer on the military side as well. He is, therefore, uniquely qualified as\u003cbr\u003ea soldier-scholar. Salter has indeed maintained a rock-solid professional\u003cbr\u003ereputation in both arenas.\u003cbr\u003eSalter was motivated for the right reasons to undertake this venture. It\u003cbr\u003ewas not intended to cover all aspects of African-American contributions\u003cbr\u003eto the freedom of our great nation but to offer a stimulus for more individual\u003cbr\u003eand collective examination of the untold and unwritten accounts of\u003cbr\u003eAfrican-Americans in combat in the continental United States and overseas.\u003cbr\u003eThe intent was not only to attract the students of military history but\u003cbr\u003eto provide a broad examination of the facts that would equally attract the\u003cbr\u003ecasual student of history as well as those who consider themselves professional\u003cbr\u003ehistorians, regardless of their ethnic background.\u003cbr\u003eThis study presents a forum for an intellectual discourse on African-\u003cbr\u003eAmerican contributions to the development of America. It will definitely\u003cbr\u003ebe a great addition to the previously published works by the U.S. Army\u003cbr\u003eCommand and General Staff College (CGSC) Combat Studies Institute\u003cbr\u003e(CSI) and will surely fill an important void in its catalog. The manner in\u003cbr\u003ewhich Lieutenant Colonel Salter imparts the study’s results allows readers\u003cbr\u003eto make their own conclusions about the benefit of African-Americans\u003cbr\u003eto the successes of each battle or campaign experience and to determine\u003cbr\u003eif indeed they truly enhanced the outcome of the wars. Additionally, for\u003cbr\u003ethe sake of African-Americans, it satisfies some of the omissions from\u003cbr\u003eprevious historians and gives a better picture of the many Americans who\u003cbr\u003efought continuously and boldly for the United States of America. For the\u003cbr\u003esake of all Americans, especially professional soldiers, it offers insight\u003cbr\u003einto an often-overlooked aspect of our American military heritage.","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079381500144,"sku":"2940148836957","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148836957_p0.jpg?v=1763708550","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148836957","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}