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- Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 203 pages) : illustrations.
- Summary
- "The Korean War in Britain explores the social and cultural impact of the Korean War (1950-53) on Britain. Coming just five years after the ravages of the Second World War, Korea was a deeply unsettling moment in post-war British history. From allegations about American use of 'germ' warfare to anxiety over Communist use of 'brainwashing' and treachery at home, the Korean War precipitated a series of short-lived panics in 1950s Britain. But by the time of its uneasy ceasefire in 1953, the war was becoming increasingly forgotten. Using Mass Observation surveys, letters, diaries and a wide range of under-explored contemporary material, this book charts the war's changing position in British popular imagination and asks how it became known as the 'Forgotten War'. It explores the war in a variety of viewpoints - conscript, POW, protester and veteran - and is essential reading for anyone interested in Britain's Cold War past." --
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- Cultural history of modern war
- Uniform Title
- Korean War in Britain (Online)
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- Korean War in Britain (Online)
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- Contents
- Introduction: The Korean War in Britain -- No woman wants any more war : popular responses to the outbreak of war -- You're in Korea my son : experiencing battle -- Citizen soldiers : national servicemen in the Korean War -- Brainwashing in Britain : Korean War prisoners of war -- How to bring the boys home : popular opposition to the Korean War -- Forgetting Korea : the Korean War in popular memory, 1953-2014 -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Battle experience form (1952).
- OCLC
- ssj0002276930
- Author
Huxford, Grace.
- Title
The Korean War in Britain [electronic resource] Citizenship, selfhood and forgetting / Grace Huxford.
- Series
Cultural history of modern war
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