Not Only War: A Story of Two Great Conflicts Daly VictorPaperback
Not Only War: A Story of Two Great Conflicts Daly VictorPaperback Not Only War: A Story of Two Great Conflicts is the only World War I novel written by an African American veteran. When he falls in…
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Not Only War: A Story of Two Great Conflicts Daly VictorPaperback
Not Only War: A Story of Two Great Conflicts is the only World War I novel written by an African American veteran. When he falls in love with a French woman, he learns that freedom and democracy do not apply to black soldiers.Victor Daly wrote Not Only War in the midst of a major shift in America's racial dynamics. In the book, Montgomery Jason, an idealistic African American college student, enlists to fight for freedom and democracy.
Daly was among a small group of African Americans who trained as officers. Hundreds of thousands of African Americans moved from the South to the North to work in wartime industries, and thousands more joined the American Expeditionary Force. He saw combat in France and was decorated for his service there.After the war, when racial violence in America escalated, Daly and many other returning soldiers