Overview
Commemorates veterans and their experiences on the seventieth anniversary of the Korean War’s commencement
Expands our understanding of the dreadful human cost of war
Reveals the tragedies and the virtues of the war
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book presents oral histories from the last surviving UK veterans of the Korean War. With the help of the UK National Army Museum and the British Korean Society, this book collects nearly twenty testimonials of UK veterans of the Korean War. Many only teenagers when mobilized, these veterans attempt to put words to the violence and trauma they experienced. They recall the landscape and people of Korea, the political backdrop, and touching moments in unlikely situations. Like other oral histories of war, their stories recount friendship, hardship, the loss of innocence, and the perseverance of humanity in the face of cruelty. The testimonies were taken by academics and students from the University of Roehampton, and supported by the National Army Museum and the British Korean Society. Through their memories we learn a great deal about the conflict in macro and micro scales.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
​Iain Johnston-White is Senior Lecturer in British History at the University of Roehampton, London, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A Forgotten British War
Book Subtitle: The Accounts of Korean War Veterans
Editors: Michael Patrick Cullinane, Iain Johnston-White
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10051-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-10050-5Published: 16 February 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-10053-6Published: 16 February 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-10051-2Published: 15 February 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 245
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations
Topics: Modern History, History of Military, European History