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The Korean War in Britain : Citizenship, selfhood and forgetting /

"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'...

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Autor principal: Huxford, Grace (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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).