| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 337 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Timing is everything -- Mustering in -- You're in the Army (or Navy, Marines, or Air Force) now! -- In country in Korea, a war like any other? -- Behind enemy lines -- Our fight? : gender, race, and the war zone -- Coming home -- More than ever a veteran |
| Summary |
"In the Shadow of the Greatest Generation traces the shared experiences of Korean War veterans from their childhoods in the Great Depression and World War II through military induction and training, the war, and efforts in more recent decades to organize and gain wider recognition of their service. 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."--Project Muse |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- United States
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Soldiers -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Veterans -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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HISTORY -- Military -- Korean War.
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Armed Forces
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Soldiers
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Veterans
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Armed Forces -- History -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89004448
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012024954 |
| ISBN |
0814789226 |
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9780814789223 |
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9780814760673 |
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0814760678 |
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