LEADER 03580nam 2200853 a 450 001 9910813103803321 005 20070605083211.0 010 $a979-84-00-67616-1 010 $a1-282-40629-9 010 $a9786612406294 010 $a0-313-02771-4 024 7 $a10.5040/9798400676161 035 $a(CKB)1000000000807198 035 $a(EBL)497031 035 $a(OCoLC)540741247 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001650403 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16424159 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001650403 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14976203 035 $a(PQKB)10725448 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000339617 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12134764 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000339617 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10341479 035 $a(PQKB)11654359 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL497031 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10346968 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL240629 035 $a(OCoLC)68624135 035 $a(DLC)BP9798400676161BC 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC497031 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000807198 100 $a20060508e20062024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Korean War /$fPaul M. Edwards 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWestport, Conn. :$cGreenwood Press,$d2006. 210 2$aNew York :$cBloomsbury Publishing (US),$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (239 p.) 225 1 $aAmerican soldiers' lives 225 1 $aThe Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a979-82-16-10842-9 311 $a0-313-33248-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [189]-196) and index. 327 $aContents; Series Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Timeline; 1 Overview; 2 Phases and Campaigns; 3 Preparing to Fight; 4 Learning to Be a Soldier; 5 Learning to Fight with World War II Weapons; 6 Life on the Front; 7 Care of the Wounded and the Dead; 8 Away from the Front Lines: Division Rear and the Train; 9 View of Friend and Enemy; 10 Media, Morale, and Myths; 11 Carrying On; 12 Coming Home; 13 Remembering War; 14 Conclusion: Inheritances and Myths; Bibliography; Index 330 $aDespite the American tendency to bypass it, the Korean War from 1950 to 1953 was a watershed in American history. It was in Korea, for the first time, that the United States committed its armed forces to limiting an expansion, by Communist forces, which many believed was designed to take over the world; it was also the first war that a world organization, the United Nations, played a military role. The conflict in Korea was a war that was fought in hardship and danger by the grunt, the man and woman in the field, bringing an end to the myth that possession of an atomic bomb made conventional w 410 0$aGreenwood Press "Daily life through history" series.$pAmerican soldiers' lives. 606 $aKorean War, 1950-1953 606 $aKorean War, 1950-1953$xParticipation, American 607 $aUnited States$xArmed Forces$xHistory 615 0$aKorean War, 1950-1953. 615 0$aKorean War, 1950-1953$xParticipation, American. 676 $a951.904/2373 700 $aEdwards$b Paul M$01182305 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bBAKER 801 2$bUKM 801 2$bC#P 801 2$bCOO 801 2$bBTCTA 801 2$bYDXCP 801 2$bOCL 801 2$bPUL 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813103803321 996 $aThe Korean War$94022901 997 $aUNINA