In the Shadow of the Greatest Generation: The Americans Who Fought the Korean War (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780814767696)

Largely overshadowed by World War II's "greatest generation" and the more vocal veterans of the Vietnam era, Korean War veterans remain relatively invisible in the narratives of both war and its aftermath. Yet, just as the beaches of Normandy and the jungles of Vietnam worked profound changes on conflict participants, the Korean Peninsula chipped away at the beliefs, physical and mental well-being, and fortitude of Americans completing wartime tours of duty there. Upon returning home, Korean War veterans struggled with home front attitudes toward the war, faced employment and family dilemmas, and wrestled with readjustment. Not unlike other wars, Korea proved a formative and defining influence on the men and women stationed in theater, on their loved ones, and in some measure on American culture. In the Shadow of the Greatest Generation not only gives voice to those Americans who served in the "forgotten war" but chronicles the larger personal and collective consequences of waging war the American way.

Author: Melinda L. Pash
ISBN-10: 0814767699
ISBN-13: 9780814767696
Publisher: New York University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/11/2012
Pages: 349
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.40w x 1.30d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2012
Library Journal 10/15/2012 pg. 91
Publishers Weekly 10/22/2012