Korean War in Britain - Citizenship, Selfhood and Forgetting

The Korean War in Britain is the first social history of the Korean War (1950-1953) in Britain. Assessing the impact of the war from 1950 to the early twenty-first century, this original book examines how British people responded to the Korean War and it came to be known as the 'Forgotten War' of the twentieth century.

List of contents

Introduction: The Korean War in Britain
1. No woman wants any more war: popular responses to the outbreak of war
2. You're in Korea my son: experiencing battle
3. Citizen soldiers: national servicemen in the Korean War
4. Brainwashing in Britain: Korean War prisoners of war
5. How to bring the boys home: popular opposition to the Korean War
6. Forgetting Korea: the Korean War in popular memory, 1953-2014
Conclusion
Index

About the author

Grace Huxford is Lecturer in British History at the University of Bristol

Summary

The Korean War in Britain is the first social history of the Korean War (1950-1953) in Britain. Assessing the impact of the war from 1950 to the early twenty-first century, this original book examines how British people responded to the Korean War and it came to be known as the ‘Forgotten War’ of the twentieth century. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Grace Huxford
• Assisted by: Penny Summerfield (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9781526118950
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-1895-0
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Cultural History of Modern War; Cultural History of Modern War
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Social History, military history, Social & cultural history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, South Korea, Social and cultural history, Battles & campaigns, Modern warfare, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Specific wars and campaigns, North Korea, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General