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1 Online-Ressource (310 pages)
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illustrations, maps, photographs
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Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library Electronic reproduction
ISBN:
0813145945
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0813145937
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0813122937
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9780813145945
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9780813145938
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9780813122939
Inhalt:
"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 By collecting twenty previously unpublished stories, Richard Peters and Xiaobing Li show the true scope of the war in Korea - freezing cold, blistering heat, lack of supplies, boredom, loneliness,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
Inhalt:
Part One. The Korean war: a short history -- 1. Background and origins of the war -- 2. The opening phase: south toward Pusan, north to the Yalu -- 3. China enters the war -- 4. The Chosin reservoir retreat and advance to the north -- 5. Truce talks and prison riots -- 6. Trench warfare and peace -- Part Two. Many faces, one war -- 7. Getting to Korea -- 8. A mortar man's story -- 9. Escaping the trap -- 10. A North Korean officer's story -- 11. China's crouching dragon -- Part Three. Chosin accounts -- 12. The Chosin reservoir: a marine's story -- 13. The Chosin reservoir: a Chinese captain's story -- Part Four. On the front lines -- 14. The Hwachon reservoir fighting -- 15. Life on the MLR -- 16. A BAR man's story -- 17. First combat -- 18. Outpost Harry -- 19. A ROK lieutenant survives the bloody ridges -- 20. The Chinese go underground -- 21. North and south: a Korean youth serves in both armies -- Part Five. Behind the front lines -- 22. The "lighter" side of the war -- 23. A Korean housewife's story -- Part Six. POW camps: north and south -- 24. An american officer observes the Koje island uprising -- 25. One week of war, three years of captivity -- 26. A first sergeant's experience as a POW -- 27. Organizing the riots on Koje: Colonel Zhao's story -- Perspectives on the war
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL
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Electronic reproduction
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Peters, Richard A Voices from the Korean war Lexington, Ky : University Press of Kentucky, ©2004
Sprache:
Englisch
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Personal Narrative
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