Foreign Policy Aspects of Integration of the U.S. Armed Forces

By David Langbart By Executive Order 9981 (NAID 300009), dated July 26, 1948, President Harry S Truman ordered the integration of the armed forces of the United States.  Given the stationing of large numbers of American forces overseas after World War II, that move potentially had ramifications for U.S. relations with host countries.  With that … Continue reading Foreign Policy Aspects of Integration of the U.S. Armed Forces