03350nam 2200637Ia 450 991082039950332120200520144314.00-8147-8922-610.18574/9780814789223(CKB)2670000000269836(EBL)1057779(OCoLC)818819091(SSID)ssj0000832278(PQKBManifestationID)11501370(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000832278(PQKBWorkID)10881101(PQKB)10269488(StDuBDS)EDZ0000373908(MiAaPQ)EBC1057779(OCoLC)843209541(MdBmJHUP)muse19230(DE-B1597)548254(DE-B1597)9780814789223(OCoLC)817560302(EXLCZ)99267000000026983620120625d2012 uy 0engurnn#---|un|utxtccrIn the shadow of the greatest generation the Americans who fought the Korean War /Melinda L. PashNew York New York University Pressc20121 online resource (350 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4798-4728-3 0-8147-6769-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Preface --Acknowledgments --Introduction --1. Timing Is Everything --2. Mustering In --3. You’re in the Army (or Navy, Marines, or Air Force) Now! --4. In Country in Korea --5. Behind Enemy Lines --6. Our Fight? --7. Coming Home --8. More Than Ever a Veteran --Notes --Index --About the AuthorLargely 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.Korean War, 1950-1953United StatesSoldiersUnited StatesHistory20th centuryVeteransUnited StatesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesArmed ForcesHistory20th centuryKorean War, 1950-1953SoldiersHistoryVeteransHistory951.904240973Pash Melinda L1602532MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820399503321In the Shadow of the Greatest Generation3926533UNINA