Black Veteranality: Military Service and the Illusion of Inclusive Patriotism [Paperback]

Prologue: Shifting the Lens on Black Military Service and Veteran Identity
Introduction: Beneath the Surface: Black Veterans, Patriotism, and the Lega-cy of Marion, Indiana
1. Patriotic Dilemma: The Intersection of Race, Ethics, and Patriotism in America
2. Patriotic Dilemma: Black Veterans Dual Burden at the Intersection of Race Patriotism
3. Patriotism, Veteran Identity, and Blackness: Intersecting and Conflicting Identities
4. Moral Injury at the Intersection of Race and Patriotism
5. Black Veteranality: Navigating the Intersections of Race, Patriotism, and Moral Injury in Military Service and Beyond
6. The Evolving Landscape of Black Veteranality in a Post-2024 America

Black Veteranality is an examination of the intersection of race, patriotism, and military service from the perspective of Black veterans, offering a robust framework for reimagining American patriotism and reframing veteran identity.

How does military service collide with Black identity in a racially stratified America? Black Veteranality is an examination of the intersection of race, patriotism, and military service from the perspective of Black veterans, offering a robust framework for reimagining American patriotism and reframing veteran identity. Black veteranality emerges through an interdisciplinary synthesis of W.E.B. Du Bois foundational concept of double consciousness the psychological duality Black Americans experience when negotiating racialized identity formations and Veteran Critical Theorys (VCTs) structural analysis of institutional power dynamics shaping military service members. Through critical ethnography and narrative interviews, this concepl“‡