A Breath of Freedom: The Civil Rights Struggle, African American Gis, and Germany - Hardcover

by M. Höhn (Author), M. Klimke (Author)

This moving and beautifully illustrated book, developed from an award-winning research project, examines the experience of African-American GIs in Germany since 1945 and the unique insights they provide into the civil rights struggle at home and abroad.

Author Biography

MARIA HÖHN teaches German History at Vassar College, USA and is an established scholar of the American military presence in Germany.

MARTIN A. KLIMKE is a Research Fellow at the Heidelberg Centre for American Studies (HCA) at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.