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Автор: Meadows, William C.
Название: First code talkers
ISBN: 9780806168418
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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История Америк

История 20 века: с 1900 по 2000

ISBN-10: 0806168412
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 378
Вес: 0.75 кг.
Дата издания: 30.12.2020
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 20 black & white illustrations, 4 tables, 2 maps
Размер: 23.39 x 15.60 x 2.54 cm
Подзаголовок: Native american communicators in world war i
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: Many Americans know something about the Navajo code talkers in World War II - but little else about the military service of Native Americans, who have served in our armed forces since the American Revolution, and still serve in larger numbers than any other ethnic group. But, as we learn in this splendid work of historical restitution, code talking originated in World War I among Native soldiers whose extraordinary service resulted, at long last, in U.S. citizenship for all Native Americans. The first full account of these forgotten soldiers in our nations military history, The First Code Talkers covers all known Native American code talkers of World War I - members of the Choctaw, Oklahoma Cherokee, Comanche, Osage, and Sioux nations, as well as the Eastern Band of Cherokee and Ho-Chunk, whose veterans have yet to receive congressional recognition. William C. Meadows, the foremost expert on the subject, describes how Native languages, which were essentially unknown outside tribal contexts and thus could be as effective as formal encrypted codes, came to be used for wartime communication. While more than thirty tribal groups were eventually involved in World Wars I and II, this volume focuses on Native Americans in the American Expeditionary Forces during the First World War. Drawing on nearly thirty years of research - in U.S. military and Native American archives, surviving accounts from code talkers and their commanding officers, family records, newspaper accounts, and fieldwork in descendant communities - the author explores the origins, use, and legacy of the code talkers. In the process, he highlights such noted decorated veterans as Otis Leader, Joseph Oklahombi, and Calvin Atchavit and scrutinizes numerous misconceptions and popular myths about code talking and the secrecy surrounding the practice. With appendixes that include a timeline of pertinent events, biographies of known code talkers, and related World War I data, this book is the first comprehensive work ever published on Native American code talkers in the Great War and their critical place in American military history.
Дополнительное описание: First World War|History of the Americas|Indigenous peoples|Military intelligence|Second World War|Modern warfare|Military history

First code talkers, Meadows, William C.