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Review of Blacks in the White Elite: Will the Progress Continue?

While he stated that he was able to conduct audio or video interviews with only four of the five surviving Comanche code talkers, he does not reveal much additional information about the circumstances of these interviews. Information is also missing from multiple footnotes. Some footnotes provide names and dates, but it is not clear whether the reference is to an interview, a letter, or a telephone conversation. Other footnotes state simply: “Author’s Field Notes.” More information and greater precision would have been helpful. The scope of this volume is perhaps too broad. The reader is inundated with details on Native Americans, military organization and history, and two world wars. A tightly written article solely on the Comanche code talkers may have been preferable. Closer editing of the present volume could have eliminated repetitions frequently found in the text. These reservations aside, William Meadows achieves his goal of documenting and honoring the service of the Comanche code talkers as well as bringing their story into the public arena.