Voices from the Korean War: Personal Stories of American, Korean, and Chinese Soldiers

New
Paperback
2005
$43.77

a selection of The History Book Club and The Military History Book Club Read a chapter from the book In three days the number of so-called 'volunteers' reached over three hundred men. Very quickly they organized us into military units. Just like that I became a North Korean soldier and was on the way to some unknown place. -from the book South Korean Lee Young Ho was seventeen years old when he was forced to serve in the North Korean People's Army during the first year of the Korean War. After a few months, he deserted the NKPA and returned to Seoul where he joined the South Korean Marine Corps. Ho's experience is only one of the many compelling accounts found in Voices from the Korean War. Unique in gathering war stories from veterans from all sides of the Korean War-American, South Korean, North Korean, and Chinese-this volume creates a vivid and multidimensional portrait of the three-year-long conflict told by those who experienced the ground war firsthand. Richard Peters and Xiaobing Li include a significant introduction that provides a concise history of the Korean conflict, as well as a geographical and a political backdrop for the soldiers' personal stories.

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a selection of The History Book Club and The Military History Book Club Read a chapter from the book In three days the number of so-called 'volunteers' reached over three hundred men. Very quickly they organized us into military units. Just like that I became a North Korean soldier and was on the way to some unknown place. -from the book South Korean Lee Young Ho was seventeen years old when he was forced to serve in the North Korean People's Army during the first year of the Korean War. After a few months, he deserted the NKPA and returned to Seoul where he joined the South Korean Marine Corps. Ho's experience is only one of the many compelling accounts found in Voices from the Korean War. Unique in gathering war stories from veterans from all sides of the Korean War-American, South Korean, North Korean, and Chinese-this volume creates a vivid and multidimensional portrait of the three-year-long conflict told by those who experienced the ground war firsthand. Richard Peters and Xiaobing Li include a significant introduction that provides a concise history of the Korean conflict, as well as a geographical and a political backdrop for the soldiers' personal stories.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 312
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 30 Aug 2005
ISBN 10: 0813191203
ISBN 13: 9780813191201

Media Reviews

Gripping, informative, hard-hitting. The incredible voices of American, North and South Korean, and Communist Chinese soldiers give the book a richness seldom found in war books. - Col. David H. Hackworth, author of Steel My Soldiers' Hearts and The Price of Honor The personal accounts offer a keen insight into the camaraderie, suffering, hardship, and even humor from both sides of the war. They hit as hard as a massed infantry attack and vividly portray the brutality of war. - On Point Renders a balanced snapshot of the Korean War and its associated horrors.... Highly recommended. - Choice

Author Bio

Richard Peters, emeritus professor of history at the University of Central Oklahoma, served in the Fifth Regimental Combat Team, U.S. Army, during the Korean War. Xiaobing Li, professor of history and associate director of the Western Pacific Institute at the University of Central Oklahoma, served in China's People's Liberation Army.