Download or read book He, Too, Spoke for Democracy written by Phillip McGuire and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1988-03-11 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: McGuire's study fills a major gap in social histories of the Second World War by placing Hastie's role in proper historical perspective. He demonstrates that, although he is largely ignored in the published literature, Hastie did more to effect changes in the placement, training, and promotion of black soldiers than any other single individual in the history of the American armed forces prior to World War II. Throughout, McGuire makes liberal use of primary source materials and comments from soldiers and other key figures to reinforce his argument.