The Korean War in Britain: Citizenship, Selfhood and Forgetting (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781526118950)

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' warfare to anxiety over Communist use of 'brainwashing' and treachery at home, the Korean War precipitated a series of short-lived panics in 1950s Britain. But by the time of its uneasy ceasefire in 1953, the war was becoming increasingly forgotten. Using Mass Observation surveys, letters, diaries and a wide range of under-explored contemporary material, this book charts the war's changing position in British popular imagination and asks how it became known as the 'Forgotten War'. It explores the war in a variety of viewpoints - conscript, POW, protester and veteran - and is essential reading for anyone interested in Britain's Cold War past.

Author: Grace Huxford
ISBN-10: 1526118955
ISBN-13: 9781526118950
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/02/2018
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.90d