The Korean War in Britain : citizenship, selfhood and forgetting / Grace Huxford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huxford, Grace, author.

Series:

Cultural history of modern war.

Cultural history of modern war

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Korean War, 1950-1953--Great Britain.

Korean War, 1950-1953.

Korean War, 1950-1953--Foreign public opinion, British.

Great Britain--Social life and customs--1945-.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online (xii, 203 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018.

Summary:

This work is a 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.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Information

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Figures

Acknowledgements

Select list of abbreviations

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)

Select bibliography

Archive sources

Government publications

Contemporary academic articles, published books and memoirs

Published secondary sources

Unpublished thesis

Internet sources

Film and television

Index.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 18, 2026).

ISBN:

9781526118974

1526118971

9781526138958

1526138956

9781526118967

1526118963

OCLC:

1042074527