Voices from the Korean War
Subtitle: Personal Stories of American, Korean and Chinese Soldiers
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: January 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780813122939
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Civil war; c 1945 to c 1960; Military - Veterans; Korean War, 1950-1953; History; History - Military / War; Military; Korea; Personal narratives; Military - Korean War
First sentence: IT IS ONE of the more unfortunate and ironic events in history that Korea, a nation that prior to 1945 included the most homogeneous and united of all peoples, should become a nation divided.
Description: "Voices from the Korean War is a major contribution toward recording and making public first-person accounts of the Korean War, as told by officers, soldiers, and civilians. By collecting twenty previously unpublished stories, Richard Peters and Xiaobing Li show the true scope of the war in Korea - freezing cold, blistering heat, lack of supplies, boredom, loneliness, camaraderie, and sheer brutality of combat." "Through these firsthand accounts, Voices from the Korean War highlights the soldier's experience of war rather than offering a political or statistical overview. All combat soldiers endured harsh conditions, but Peters and Li show that the U.S. forces were fighting a very different war from the one being waged by their enemies. For Korean and Chinese soldiers, the war was intensely personal; the loyalty and pride with which they fought shines through the experiences they relate here. For the most part, American soldiers remember instead that the ultimate goal was getting home and that everything in between was "just putting in time.""--Jacket.