The Korean War in Britain
Title | The Korean War in Britain PDF eBook |
Author | Grace Huxford |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Pages | 246 |
Release | 2018-05-20 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1526118971 |
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.
Britain, Southeast Asia and the Impact of the Korean War
Title | Britain, Southeast Asia and the Impact of the Korean War PDF eBook |
Author | Nicholas Tarling |
Publisher | NUS Press |
Pages | 556 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9789971693152 |
A sequel to the author's Britain, Southeast Asia and the Onset of the Pacific War (Cambridge University Press, 1996) and Britain, Southeast Asia and the Onset of the Cold War (Cambridge University Press, 1998), this book discusses Britain's policy towards Southeast Asia in the period 1950-55, when it was crucially affected by the struggle in Korea. The phases in that struggle - briefly described and placed in a world context - provide a context for discussing Britain's relations with Burma, Thailand, Indonesia, and Indochina. Covering the dispute over West New Guinea and the Chinese Nationalist incursion into Burma, the book gives a full account of the Geneva conference 50 years ago, which reached a settlement in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, and of the creation of the SEATO alliance. The focus of the work is on British policy, and it is largely based on a study of British official records.
British Soldiers of the Korean War
Title | British Soldiers of the Korean War PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen F. Kelly |
Publisher | The History Press |
Pages | 287 |
Release | 2013-07-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0752494023 |
A dramatic and tragic episode in British military history that will soon not be part of living memory. More than 100,000 British troops fought in Korea between 1950 and 1953, of which just over 1,000 died, with a further 1,000 captured and held in atrocious conditions by the Chinese and North Koreans. At least half of those captured died in prison camps. More than 70 per cent of those who fought were teenagers doing National Service – poorly trained and ill-equipped. The Korean War: Memories of Forgotten British Heroes tells the story of these men in their own words. Most of the veterans are now advanced in age and there is a pressing need for them to tell their tale. So soon after the Second World War, this was a conflict Britain did not need, but she remained steadfast by the side of the Americans, fighting more than 6,000 miles away in a country barely anyone could point to on a map. Yet while we remember those conflicts in the Falklands, Iraq and Afghanistan, the Korean War remains largely forgotten.
The Korean War
Title | The Korean War PDF eBook |
Author | R. G. Grant |
Publisher | Encyclopaedia Britannica |
Pages | 139 |
Release | 2015-01-01 |
Genre | Korea |
ISBN | 1625133529 |
Written in British English, The Korean War describes the conflict between communist North Korea and U.S.-supported South Korea for control of the Korean peninsula.
The British Part in the Korean War: An honourable discharge
Title | The British Part in the Korean War: An honourable discharge PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony Farrar-Hockley |
Publisher | Stationery Office Books (TSO) |
Pages | 636 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
This first volume is concerned with the decision of Mr. Attlee's government to commit land as well as sea and limited air forces to the Korean War, and the British part, in association with members of the Commonwealth, in operations and in political initiatives to bring the war rapidly to an end. It concludes at the point of failure in both endeavors.
The Korean War in History
Title | The Korean War in History PDF eBook |
Author | James Cotton |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780719029844 |
Korea
Title | Korea PDF eBook |
Author | Great Britain. Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Library and Records Department. Historical Branch |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Korean War, 1950-1953 |
ISBN | 9780903359535 |