Int ro duc t ion : Th e Korean War in Britain

Coming just fi ve years aft er the end of the Second World War, a monu-mental confl ict of seemingly unambiguous moral value, the complex and inconclusive Korean War did not fi t with any prevailing or emer-ging narratives of British identity. Unlike the Second World War, Korea did not show a coherent, embattled nation struggling against the odds, ................
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